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Old 09-23-2009 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by aewanabe
Have you read Fate is the Hunter, Flying the Line, or ANY history of airlines in the '30s? (Yes, this is when the DC2 was up-sized to a DC3 kiddies). Load factors averaged 15-50 percent on the 14-seat DC2, and airlines were profitable almost exclusively due to Postal Contracts. Seat capacity was not really an issue at ALL until WWII. And yes, I believe DC3 sized aircraft SHOULD be flown at the Majors; pay levels could easily be compensated for by eliminating redundant CEOs, SOCs, etc.
We don't have postal contracts to subsidize our operations at the levels in Pre-WWII era flying (the post office is dying and passenger carriage is expanding)

Current AMR postal contract press release

$500 million for a 5year contract
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