http://smail.info - free e-mail service, smtp, pop3, imap4, ssl ! _____________________________________________________ On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at 04:00 PM, Herr Nagengast <todd@gnosh.net> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Michael A. Burris wrote: > >> BOSTON (AP) -- An Alaska Airlines 757 jet > > One wonders at what point someone will notice that AS > doesn't fly 757s. A 739 might as well be a 757, but it's not. ;) Well, it *is* an AP article, after all. And it's not just planes they're clueless about. They have trouble with cars, too. An AP article that ran in Wednesday's Honolulu Star-Bulletin regarding new-car depreciation managed to contradict not only itself, but the accompanying chart. The text of the article stated that Volkswagens were expected to best retain their value, then later goes on to state that Mercedes-Benz leads the luxury automobile category, with a figure that it better retains its value than VW. For the record, BMW and Acura also scored higher than VW according to the accompanying chart, but both are also in the luxury category. I assume they meant that VW did best among non-luxury autos, but that's *not* what the article said. -- David Mueller / HNL davidm@smail.info http://www.quanterium.com *** Read the Airline List FAQ at http://airlinefaq.tripod.com ***