My two cents, but I think it is stupid for airlines to rely on cargo to make money. I thought those days went away with the DC-3!! Cargo profitability comes and goes with the route and the demand but often it really makes a difference. I spent most of my 31 yrs with SR in cargo sales and ops and a full DC10 from USA to Europe can often carry 20,000 KGS of cargo, some at several dollars a Kilo. PS it took more people at the tkt counter to tell the psgrs to 'get on the plane and sit' than it took to load the freight. Go figure... DENNIS