In a message dated 1/9/2004 6:58:34 AM US Mountain Standard Time, psa188@xxxxxxxx writes: > > Analysts have questioned why US Airways was caught off > guard by the discounters, which have doubled their share of > the domestic travel market, in terms of passengers carried, > over the last two years. > > Yesterday, Mr. Bronner said that of greater concern was a > raft of plane orders placed during 2003 by JetBlue Airways, > as well as others. > > "They were a pesky mosquito and they've developed into a > huge bumblebee," he said. > The writings on the wall. Look for the Alabama Pension fund to get as much as their money out asap and the rest is his-twa as they say. Too bad, but too much bad blood for anything positive to happen. The airline industry abhors a vacuum and this one will be filled quickly. RT Simpson Phoenix