Playing the arm chair airline CEO Clay? :) <j/k> There is a lot of talk about the airlines "changing" these days. Well, whoever is saying that "LCC domestically and legacies international" is a fool. A lot of people fly IAD-FRA, JFK-LHR etc. but a lot more are flying DEN-ORD-LHR or SAN-LAX-FRA, etc. etc. Legacy carriers will prevail , granted some will not survive. I can see AA and UA surviving. CO/NW/DL is the collection of three ugly sisters trying to get married to a hunk :) The fact of the matter is, most of the international carriers have lower cost structures compared to their US counterparts. What makes the US carriers to win is the fact that I can fly UA/AA/CO/NW/DL on domestic routes AND on International routes. Yes, people flying once a year will go with the cheapest ticket and will still fly with legacy carrier's lower fare buckets, but as long as I can fly United out of SEA , even with connections, I am enjoying perks that I wouldn't be able to paying $$$$ for it.. There are some false assumptions about the industry of general public that is actually dead wrong. The fact that LCCs will survive and legacies will go away is one of them.. BAHA Fan of United Business. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clay Wardlow Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:51 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Industry Changes While our servers are down, I've been day dreaming of airlines (of course). One article posted here and one a friend sent to me (I'll send later) kinda got me thinking. =20 I wonder if we are headed to a time when the legacy carriers (AA, UA, DL, etc) are going to only/mostly fill the international market and the LCCs will fill the domestic market. =20 Only time you'd fly AA is to LHR for example...=20 =20 Then you'd fly F9 between DFW-DEN, or WN between LAS and STL...=20 =20 Clay - SEA =20