Well if it's not marketable then get rid of it and put more coach seats on the plane. Bryant Petitt wrote: > Mark, > > Probably because F/C is no longer a marketable item > for Cash....When I worked as Gate Agent for DL years > ago, F/C usually had only about 20% or so of revenue > PAX, the rest were non-revs.....That was nice about > working for the airlines back then, you could almost > always get a F seat as a non-rev if you planned > right.....These days Fugetaboutit, but then again, I > am not complaining, as now I am a revenue PAX who can > occasionally flag a F/C seat due to my lowly Silver > Status on CO. > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > > --- Mark Greenwood <mgreenwood@telus.net> wrote: > > The best customers shouldn't be parked in FC either. > > SQ has the right idea, > > you sit where you paid to sit. Why would anyone > > ever pay for FC when they > > can get it for free. I think one of the reasons the > > airlines in North > > America are having the financial problems they are > > is that they have been > > giving away their premium, high yield product for > > years. It's gotten to the > > point where no one pays for it. Wouldn't it be nice > > to be able to walk into > > a jewelry store, buy a Timex and walk out with a > > Rolex because you are one of > > their best customers. The jeweler wouldn't be in > > business for very long if > > they did that would they? The airlines already > > reward you with free flights > > as a thank you for your loyalty, what more do you > > want? The airlines have > > completely destroyed the integrity of their front > > end product because no one > > pays to be there. If no one is willing to pay for > > FC then get rid of it. > > > > That's my 2 cents worth > > > > Mark > > > > Steven Catron wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@aol.com> > > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 21:50 > > > Subject: Re: If I ran United... > > > > > > > You know what pisses employees off? Stuff that > > would cost the company > > > > NOTHING to change. Seeing Management flying > > FirstClass while workers > > > are > > > > limited to Y/Economy only. > > > >From what I've heard, that doesn't seem to be a > > problem at United. Many > > > bizpax refer to UA's FC as "Employee Class". > > > > > > Neither group should be parked in FC unless > > there's a job > > > performance-related reason. Use unsold seats to > > reward your best > > > customers. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com