Re: [Rhodes22-list] Airlines to Offer ‘Fuel for Purchase’ Option (Humor)

[Brad Haslett]

Rummy,

If labor showed up to work free, the pax airlines would still lose money, -
they'd just cut ticket prices for more market share. There's one that
doesn't play by the rules and is profitable, Southwest (the highest labor
cost airline left).  The idea of the customer paying for fuel isn't so bad.
That is EXACTLY what UPS, my employer, and the other handful of players in
the supply chain logistics business do.  If your product costs 4 cents to
produce you have to charge a nickel to make a profit.  DUH!  Your joke is
reality.

Brad

On 3/5/07, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In the latest cost-cutting move intended to rescue the beleaguered
> airlines
> industry, representatives of the nation's major carriers announced today
> that
> they would no longer offer complimentary jet fuel but that such fuel would
> be
> available for purchase on board most domestic flights.
>
> American Airlines  spokesperson Carol Foyler announced the company's
> decision
> to institute a "fuel  for purchase" option at a press conference in
> Chicago,
> arguing that such a move  was "long overdue."
>
> "The reason airplanes use so much fuel is that the  passengers weigh them
> down," Ms. Foyler said. "Especially the fatties."
>
> Ms. Foyler said that the decision to move to a "fuel for purchase"  system
> sent a strong signal that "it's time for passengers to stop being part
> of  the
> problem and start being part of the solution."
>
> The airlines  spokesperson said that once a flight has departed, flight
> attendants will ask  the passengers to chip in for the fuel necessary to
> reach
> their final  destination.
>
> "If you're on a transcontinental flight, the choice will be  the
> consumer's,"
> she said. "Do you want to go all the way from New York to Los  Angeles, or
> will you settle for Cleveland?"
>
> Davis Logsdon, a professor  at the University of Minnesota's Beleaguered
> Industries Institute said that the  major airlines' decision to instate a
> "fuel
> for purchase" program might drive  consumers elsewhere.
>
> "Passengers who don't want to spring for in-flight  fuel could opt to fly
> JetBlue, which never takes off to begin with," he said.
>
>
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