You have any figures to back that up Steven. The cost per seat mile for a FC seat has to be higher than it is for a coach seat by virtue of the fact that the fixed costs are spread over fewer seats in FC. Then there is the fact that the airlines spend more on catering in FC than they do in economy. Steven Catron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@aol.com> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 22:03 > Subject: Re: If I ran United... > > > Just cause you buy a lot of cheesburgers from the same store dont mean > they > > have to give you a 20$ steak everytime you pay for a 3$ Burger does it? > > (Perishable item dude like you said) > Perishable, but of much different cost to the vendor, so the analogy > doesn't hold. > > > First class isnt paying its way--its a dinosaur--KILL IT and will help > the > > bottom line for the air carriers in the near future. Or make a real > first > > class--just a few seats with NO freebees for ANYONE and try to sell it. > Again, where's the data on this? Has anyone seen any credible reports?