maybe they can make hybrid planes :))) I heard that some airlines were grounding the 747s. I suppose the 777 can make it across the pond.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Scandals & Animals < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...... Original Message ....... > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:48:44 -0400 "Craig Froehle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Perhaps the consumer airline industry doesn't deserve to survive in > >its current state. Could it be that there is simply no way to fly a > >person half-way across the globe for anything less than several times > >what the typical consumer is willing to pay? > > I hadn't realized this, but I heard that a 747 holds 53,000 gallons of > fuel, and jet fuel is well over $7 a gallon now. I don't know how many of > those gallons it takes to go from NY to LA, but that has to cost an awful > lot. > > I heard an airline exec interviewed, and he said soon, air travel will be > only for the rich. The days of the common man flying anywhere except under > unusual circumstances are gone unless the price of oil plummets. Think of > what that does to the Hawaiian tourism industry. > > ------------------------------------ > -- EB White - "Be obscure clearly." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
