http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/global-airline-industry-faces-52-billion-loss-in-2008/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:13:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/global-airline-industry-faces-52-billion-loss-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Moran at Work » Free Consulting for Airlines Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:31:19 +0000 http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=256#comment-374 [...] From inside any airline, they know that there are good reasons why a snowstorm in Buffalo will hurt the flights between Dallas and Pittsburg. They know that there are no spare planes to fill in for the one that has a maintenance problem. They know why union rules can make them less efficient than they might want to be. They know why ticket pricing needs to change all the time based on many variables and why it is so hard to be profitable. But I wonder if they know now how some of the cost cutting efforts are hurting them with the flying public. [...] [...] From inside any airline, they know that there are good reasons why a snowstorm in Buffalo will hurt the flights between Dallas and Pittsburg. They know that there are no spare planes to fill in for the one that has a maintenance problem. They know why union rules can make them less efficient than they might want to be. They know why ticket pricing needs to change all the time based on many variables and why it is so hard to be profitable. But I wonder if they know now how some of the cost cutting efforts are hurting them with the flying public. [...]

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