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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:02 AM Original message |
The Airline Industry is so F**ked...... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wasn't deregulation just so great.. This is how corporations do it better? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. More flights, much lower costs |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "There are more flights at a lower cost nowadays than before" |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. carter inherited that disaster.. just like Obama will inherit Bu$h's worst disaster in history |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Airline deregulation was passed in 1978 |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. here is a >>link>> with some specifics.. the Democratic party has changed a lot sense then, and you |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Only one airline has turned a profit since deregulation |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Surely someone would have figured out there were "morons" in |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. They didn't figure it out in Detroit, did thry? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. see, i wonder about detroit. i sometimes wonder whether it wasn't |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Even with tens of billions in corporate welfare |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Actually, this has little to do with airline management. |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. If you have frequent flier miles, use them before the airlines cancel them. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yup.....'Cause you know that's coming..... |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I never did understand how The Sharper Image got away with not honoring gift cards. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I agree, but it just goes to show: |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Gift cards are unsecured loans to the merchants. |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I didn't hear about Sharper Image gift cards. I thought gift cards were like gift certificates. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. No way., They have a better plan. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Things will get better |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Too many competitors? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The right number is 3 |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Which is not nearly enough for free market principles to work |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yes, having only 3 companies makes it easy to form a cartel |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "Free market principles" are mostly unworkable anyway |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. free market is a ReThuglican fantacy .. cant work, never has, no free markets |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. you have an oligopolistic market, i.e. gentleman's agreement |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. True, but that's a normal US market structure |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yes, normal us markets are oligopolistic, i.e. rigged. if only more |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. After mergers, prices tend to go up so I'm not understanding your logic. |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. My oldest son just got his BS in aviation science. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. And of course, |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. 1965? 1995 conditions were super to me. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yeah, actually 1995. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. The pricing structure has encouraged a "race to the bottom" |
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