Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
Cessna downsized after the recession because their sales plummeted, and had no need for the 8000. The airlines are flying full airplanes with record profits, and losing or dropping oversold flights would only cost them money/profits(which is kinda the reason they're in business)!
The Wichita analogy still applies because it's shareholder profits which are the bottom line. If you are not clear on that you should be. To make the picture to shareholders looks rosy management will do anything to make it happen, be it tripling pilot pay on down to firing everyone on the premises.