Originally Posted by
AirWillie
The toilet has already been flushed. For what you are saying should happen, it would mean thousands of job losses as you consolidate and raise fares. Even if it were to happen, it would mean a setback of about a decade for pilots. We are just going to have to come to terms that free market economy and the airlines just do not mix unless there is heavy gov regulation. You can't make profits by selling a 2 dollar product for 5 cents.
We have already experienced thousands of job losses and from the looks of it , see the comair posts on percentage of flights reduced, the industry is going to see more layoffs.
Regulation and the CAB came into existance due to the behavior of the airline managements . The assumptions that the behavior patterns had changed seems to be in error, kind of like eliminating Glass Stengal(sic) on the financial markets.
The above does not indicate I am in favor of reregulation, responsible business behavior would be nice.
Freight seems to have come to terms with pricing the product/service for profitability.