----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@telus.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 02:17 Subject: Re: If I ran United... > You have any figures to back that up Steven Do you have any figures to back up the assertion that FC is the reason airlines are in dire financial straits? > 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. Say they spend $10.00/seat for catering... that's only an extra $120 - $180 or so on a narrowbody. That's negligible. > > > Steven Catron wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@aol.com> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 22:03 > > Subject: Re: If I ran United... > > > > > Just cause you buy a lot of cheesburgers from the same store dont mean > > they > > > have to give you a 20$ 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?