Happy New Years everyone and best wishes in 2011. Now down to business.

Apple, gonna throw the B S Flag on this.

The largest aviation market in the world is the United States domestic market. The largest carrier of domestic revenue passengers which flies the most revenue passengers miles flown in this market is ...SWA.

And....that is before they absorb AirTran. So, in name only SWA does not define industry average. However, when you look at the amount of flying they do relative other carriers in this market, they do more than define average. They set the bar.

Sorry Apple, here comes another B S Flag.

It is naive not to compare us to cargo carriers such as FedEX and UPS. As the economy picks up, so does our under the floor premium cargo business. We fly more and more cargo in our daily ops every year. Not one item passes through our cargo doors without revenue being collected.

How much $$$$$$$$$$$$ did they make at the widget factory last year on baggage fees alone. Last I checked, baggage and cargo are one and the same.

Finally, as long as we are gazing into the compensation and benefit mirror on the wall and comparing ourselves to other aviators, lets not forget our bro's from different ho's. If your really want to distill this down similiar types of operations, this must be included.

How much do our SkyTeam bro's at AirFrance/KLM make. What are their work rules like. Hint: We have much room for improvement