My post were to serve only as an example on how fuel cost isn't the only thing people look at. It might be a sore spot but the fact still remains that operating cost per ASM is a large factor. I chose to use RAH and SKYW for this example because SKYW flies the 70seaters and RAH flies the 70 seat E-jets which is what these are being compared to. Both companies also have the prices they operate at per ASM in their Q1 earnings report. I don't know what Compass operates at so that left only RAH with the EJETs.