HP has "rickety planes"? What the hell are you taking about? YOU are starting to piss me off with comments like that - what planet are you on anyway? With the addr. DEmocrat2n, I wonder.. Liam. YVR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:15 AM Subject: Re: SF Gate: No-frills, low-cost airlines are fast gaining ground/'Regular' a... > In a message dated 8/13/2003 6:40:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > << I know they were losing money. But there are some markets that you will > make > money no matter what. SEA in the summer, DEN in the winter type of thing. > Their SEA-CMH service could have been a great alternative to SEA-East Coast > travelers. > > HP is somewhere between low-cost and full-service. They created a nice niche > for themselves. I understand their business decision, but I am guessing DL > is making good money with the CMH operation now >> > > I like HP's idea as well, but I wish I would stop hearing complaints about > the shape of their planes. I have full confidence in their flight crews, as I > know a few of them, but I will never think of them the same after all the stuff > I hear about rickety planes. I also think that the reason they could not > make CMH work was that they did not put enough effort into it. Considering that > US has made CLT into a much better hub than their original home town says > something about using smaller cities with success. HP should have gone full bore > or not at all >