In a message dated 8/2/02 11:22:37 PM !!!First Boot!!!, lafrance@verizon.net writes: << "For the first six months of the year, the average load factor across the system was 73 percent," United CEO Jack Creighton told employees in an internal message. "However, just to break even, just to stop losing money, our load factor needed to be 89 percent. >> I think an 89%load factor is not a resonable goal---As I understand those kind of figures anything over 75% means that many flights ave overbooked ( many heavly overbooked) as there are always flights in the system (late night positioning flights for example on routes that would appeal to almost no one) that usually run almost empty....... Dennis