Originally Posted by
Mason32
Dig a little deeper.... Direct operating costs included all of that stuff.
It did not include the management, advertising, training dept or anything else... but it did include anybody who touched the plane, the passengers, or their tickets.... since they were DIRECTLY involved with the operation; proratred of course.
Unless they changed how they calculate and list it.......
That's my point exactly, so here's my shovel.
There are other costs involved even beyond those you admit aren't part of the equation to make this figure relatively useless like financing issues, so for all practical purposes refrencing this is pointless.