I really think Demo blew it when he brought up B-717's in the regional jet matter. I've never, ever, heard anyone associate a 717 with a regional jet. Jose Prize Fan of duh again Fan of getting raped at LAX by a luscious lady In a message dated 8/12/2003 8:25:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: SP vs. 400 > Date: 8/12/2003 8:25:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > I don't know your background so I have no idea of what you do or don't > know. Some of your other posts indicate a degree of ignorance of various > aspects of airline/aviation matters. You'd be a rare person if you knew > everything about aviation. Nobody else on the list does (except Poon, > maybe!) > > Raped in LA eh? You keep banging on about having lower fares, do you know > how much it actually costs to fly a seat from A to B. > > Grant > SYD > QF > Fan of 'fan of' lines. They often reveal more than the posts. > Fan of trying to work out why on earth Alireza would want to go to > Melbourne in the middle of winter > > > At 05:48 PM 12/08/03 -0400, you wrote: > >In a message dated 8/12/2003 5:13:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > >gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > ><<All airlines overbook, especially on international services. It's a basic > > tenet of revenue management that there will always be no-shos and > > cancellations, hence more seats are sold than there are seats on the > plane. > > 99.99% of the time loads will waste and the plane will depart with > everyone > > on board. Offloads happen but they are very rare. > > >> > > > >Um, I am on the airline list, I know that. I was just pointing out that QF > >was doing well and that is why they still rape us here in LA on the price > of > >tickets to Australia. I have been involved in an off load. Actually, it > >was a > >cancelation by US (when they still flew PSA's routes), then an offload from > a > >UAX Brasilia then back on a later US flight. > >Say, Grant, want to send me a cheap F, J or Y class ticket LAX-MEL? >