<html><body> <tt> On 21 Nov 2002 at 11:09, boblochry wrote:<BR> <BR> > I've always wondered about using the 757 in a low cost operation. <BR> > It has the lowest cost per seat mile of any narrow body I can<BR> > think of. But can DL fill it day in and day out? In the all<BR> > coach configuration they are proposing, it is coming in at just<BR> > under 200 seats. The other problem that "airline within an<BR> > airline" operations tend to encounter is the drain on the<BR> > mainline's own coach traffic. <BR> <BR> <BR> In 1970, Robert Townsend wrote a book titled "Up the <BR> Organization". I have always felt that the book was way ahead of <BR> its time.<BR> <BR> Anyhow, from that book, on the topic of "greed" (page 127):<BR> <BR> To increase our share of the market a few years ago, I was on the <BR> verge of approving the startup of a new subsidiary -- which would <BR> compete with our bread-and-butter business -- at discount prices. <BR> To verify my own brilliance, I tried the idea out on a tall, <BR> rangy regional vice-president named Stepnowski. After hearing <BR> the plan described in some detail, he sank the whole project with <BR> one sentence: "I don't know what YOU call it, but we Polacks call <BR> that 'pissing in the soup'".<BR> <BR> <BR> Couldn''t sum up my own thoughts any better.<BR> <BR> Don<BR> Fan of great business writing<BR> </tt> <br> <tt> SkyOne--The Airline News Channel<BR> To Post message: Skyone@yahoogroups.com <BR> To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@yahoogroups.com <BR> To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <BR> List owner: Skyone-owner@yahoogroups.com <BR> Skyone URL:<BR> <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone";>http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone</a></tt> <br> <br> <tt>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/";>Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt> </br> </body></html>