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xoxoxoBruce · 10-13-2005, 12:48 AM

Enjoy, Jim. Strut and crow....you don't have many chances.

The biggest difference between Southwest and American is the basic design of their systems. American uses the old school Hub and Spoke system where if you want to fly to Houston, you have to fly to Dallas then fly to Houston.
Southwest on the other hand will take you directly to Houston.

Most of the hub and spoke airlines are losing money hand over fist. Boeing is betting the Hub and Spoke days are limited which is why they chose to build the 787 rather than follow Airbuses move to super jumbo jets.

What the airline industry needs is a good shakeout as has happened to most deregulated industries. The problem is every time an airline gets in trouble and files for protection, someone bails them out with a refinancing plan.
The prime culprit in the refinancing is General Electric because although the airline is hemoraging money, GE is making a fortune selling jet engines, leasing planes and financing plane purchases.
Kinda like pimps.

10-13-2005, 12:48 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Enjoy, Jim. Strut and crow....you don't have many chances. The biggest difference between Southwest and American is the basic design of their systems. American uses the old school Hub and Spoke system where if you want to fly to Houston, you have to fly to Dallas then fly to Houston. Southwest on the other hand will take you directly to Houston. Most of the hub and spoke airlines are losing money hand over fist. Boeing is betting the Hub and Spoke days are limited which is why they chose to build the 787 rather than follow Airbuses move to super jumbo jets. What the airline industry needs is a good shakeout as has happened to most deregulated industries. The problem is every time an airline gets in trouble and files for protection, someone bails them out with a refinancing plan. The prime culprit in the refinancing is General Electric because although the airline is hemoraging money, GE is making a fortune selling jet engines, leasing planes and financing plane purchases. Kinda like pimps. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.