> DV wrote: > These guys knew for years things needed to change, but still > were like "give us a bunch of loot, cause of 9/11". Bah. >
Hmm ... yes and no. Yes, in that the airline biz model is only 25 years out of gov regulation and socialist habits die hard. I think the "realignment" that was promised is just beginning. In any event, all of the majors based their business model on the very expensive last minute business customer seats. Businesses have finally wised up to that and now airlines are having to take a more a-customer-is-a-customer approach that Southwest has had for 30 years. Many of the majors just couldn't turn their operations from that golden handcuff until it cut their hand off. The 'no' part of my answer is that the US government forces the airlines to pay for airport security. That's ridiculous in my opinion, especially when the gov't decides to up security costs by 1000%. Airlines should focus on getting people from 'A' to 'B' as cheaply as possible and the government should focus on keeping the embarkation points secure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225277 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
