Originally Posted by
TED74
As I implied above, if something is a gas guzzler I will park it. I happen to think that's why Mad Dogs get parked, and not because they are paid for. Sailing implies the same. If you look at our total balance sheet across the fleets, does it cost more to park a leased airplane than a airplane we own?
Is there an additional cost we incur by parking a leased aircraft? That lease payment will be there whether we are flying it or not, I just don't know the agreement well enough to know if there is additional cost to park something we planned on flying. It may very well make someone and you guys feel better to fly something that has a payment associated with it, but I sure hope our block hour decisions aren't based on what makes us feel good.
Agree. If say hypothetically we paid cash for the 321s and the 88s were on lease, would we be parking the 321s? In one post SF says that marketing (which I'm sure he means network) decides what and where we fly but here he contradicts himself and it's all of a sudden what we have lease payments on? Doesn't make any sense. The 88s are being parked because they are maintenance intensive gas guzzling junk, not because they happen to be paid for.