The fact of the matter is the US mergers, along with lower fuel prices, have led to the unprecedented streak of profitability we are currently in. That streak of mergers was started by Doug Parker, a career airline manager, not an entrepreneur. I seriously doubt many would classify him as "clu...
Jump to postThe real issue is that many airlines today are run by clueless managers. You can be a director and pretend to be the one running the show. In reality, most directors don't know what they're doing. They make decisions based on what others are doing, aka monkey see, monkey do. A few examples are the ...
Jump to post1. "it seems the major "problem" in aviation is the high fixed cost of fuel" Fuel, is not a "fixed cost" as you have defined it, or by anyone else's definition for that matter. Any number of historical trend charts from a wide array of reputable sources, will illustrate...
Jump to postJust checking in the for the first time. I like the idea of checking a new member's first post to help prevent spam
-HP