Well....
04-14-2008 | 05:37 PM
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From: Early Retiree SWA
What constantly amazes me is that the people continually put up with it over and over..... But one reason is they just don't have a whole lot of choices. Almost all airlines are essentially running 87% loadfactors and sadly, their break even load factor hovers around 83% as I understand it.
Fed Court recently struck down a NY law passed a while ago about fair and humane treatment to passengers on a delayed flight. Amazingly, it was ultimately shot down. Reason was that it's the federal gov't who can only regulate airlines, not individual states.
The federal gov't is pretty much a waste at accomplishing much so this nonsense will go on for a VERY.... LONG.... TIME.
K
Fed Court recently struck down a NY law passed a while ago about fair and humane treatment to passengers on a delayed flight. Amazingly, it was ultimately shot down. Reason was that it's the federal gov't who can only regulate airlines, not individual states.
The federal gov't is pretty much a waste at accomplishing much so this nonsense will go on for a VERY.... LONG.... TIME.
K
04-14-2008 | 06:33 PM
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From: 747
I personally always looked to Europe as a stepping stone. Go to Europe fly big jets and build time instead of going to the regionals and working for peanuts flying small commuters. This I did with the mentality that I would someday fly for a US Legacy carrier after getting the appropriate minimums, that plan is sorta going out the window with all the bad news I have been seeing lately, hired one day and furloughed the next??? No Thanks.....
