Originally Posted by
John Carr
Sadly, there was a time when TK made money doing contract training for other airlines. 742/classic/ropestart, DC-8, etc,
Long after those planes were gone from UAL.
Actually, the word was they lost money for decades doing contract training. The bean counters weren't counting everything in the "cost" silo, and when they did throw everything in (Positive space 1st class to and from training) they discovered they were losing money.