Originally Posted by
Dave Fitzgerald
I flew PS for a lot of years. Most of the passengers flew out of JFK precisely because they would never go to EWR. Like many of UAL's decisions in the last 3 years, we will lose the majority of the PS people, and significant portion of that revenue 1st class PS will go to Delta and American.
There were almost no connections anywhere out of JFK, the entire plane's load's destination was JFK. What's more, we will lose is the PS passenger that connected to the pacific and further out of SFO and LAX.
We made huge amounts of money there and now just giving it away...again.
#1. Just because the planes you flew were full, it was not an indication of demand; just a cheep ticket.
#2. Every f...ing airline that flies SFO-JFK-LAX-JFK, has a similar service below the breakeven point to compete for the same flip-flops and shorts. Low airfares; hence huge demand for service.
#3. If you want to fly to Pacific and Asia from EWR/New York area, we do have a direct flights and don't have to connect in SFO, or LAX. Have you heard about airplanes that fly nonstop for 16 hours; and don't have to land in Kansas City or Denver to refuel.
#4. As every pilot in this company, you know how to run this airline, then why are you still a line pilot?
I don't care how they doing it, as long as we make money, stay profitable, lower competition and monopolize city pairing. Why fly out of JFK with the most expensive fees, slots, and the busiest airspace, if we have a hub just few miles away, that we rule and occupy in 80% with much lower operating cost?
No competition for slots with DAL, AA, VA, and JetBlue, which BTW delivers much more superior service on new A321, than UAL B757PS with planes from 80S.