Originally Posted by
Led Zep
SIMPLE SOLUTION
.........Actually, something is definitely right with this picture. It means that the people who are in charge of successfully running these corporations are doing their job very well. If anyone has a problem with an oil company raking in $40 Billion in profits, there is an easy solution to protest against it: stop purchasing gasoline.
..................So it's the oil companies fault that CAL loses money when the price of jet fuel goes up? How about raising ticket prices and passing the cost along to the consumer?
That is why they call it a FREE MARKET and not a dictatorship.
Great comments, but a bit "out there". No one has a problem with a company making a profit............that's what they're supposed to do. It's when they are making a profit that is so totally outrageous. That's the problem. Exxon made more profit in ONE QUARTER, than all the airlines put together since THEIR INCEPTION. THAT is the problem. We are paying $120 a bbl for crack crude for jet fuel. Why do the airlines have to pay so much more a bbl? In order for CAL to raise ticket prices, they'd have to do it EVERY DAY to keep up with the skyrocketing price of jet fuel. You think that'd be economical? We have too many "spoilers" in this industry that are willing to cut everyone elses throat and that creates more problems. As far as "free market"........we seem to have a lot of things being dictated to us lately.
