"making a profit" is not the magical medicine to make music start playing and butterflies fly in the morning. It needs to be substantial enough to communicate to Wall Street and others that the business model is still solid. Most important, it is important for credibility.

You either have a loss, break even, or made a profit. "Made a five dollar profit" is technically a profit.

I think some of us need to stop wistfully flipping thru old 2019-2021 photo albums about "how it used to be" and realize the world is different. COVID is behind us, 5 years to be exact.

Big-3 is making changes to embrace the near environment. ULCC or LCC-ish airlines are having serious issues. JetBlue, SWA all previously great companies are having trouble swimming in the current ocean.

What is Barry doing? beside's MF-ing the "international revenge travel" and lazy work from homers?

little to no open time, LAV's that smell like a latrine, and rude gate agents at major hubs.

Is he trapped in 2021 ?

I will be awaiting Aug 5 results, like all of us. Note this is a company presentation, with the accompanying "spin"

oh, and, how about that contact? maybe that gets mentioned Aug 5