If you read through these articles on the airlines, you get glimpses of what he is talking about. It's over, Americans. The world you knew is rapidly coming to an end, with only horror awaiting you (if you can get your nose out of that shit bowl)!
"United cuts mean more bad news for fliers" by Associated Press | June 5, 2008
CHICAGO - First it was soaring ticket prices and vanishing bargain fares, then baggage fees. Now air travelers are facing dwindling choices for when they can fly and where - even to such popular destinations as Las Vegas and Orlando.
The squeeze, a byproduct of record oil prices that are pushing airlines toward financial disaster, accelerated yesterday when United Airlines disclosed plans to take 70 more jets out of service and cut domestic capacity by 17 to 18 percent in 2008-09. Its discount unit Ted will be shut down and 1,100 additional jobs eliminated, with more to follow.
At first I'm thinking good, but this just hurts regular people. The richers are and always will be above this stuff. They are the ones CARRYING OUT the DESIGNED DESTRUCTION of this whole mess!!!
So why would you think they even give a shit? THEY will still get to fly anywhere they want. They've just made it a hassle for YOU, Americans.
All off the DAMNABLE LIE of that FALSE-FLAG INSIDE JOB of 9/11!!!!
That came two weeks after a similar move by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, the only US carrier larger than United, which said it would slash domestic capacity 11 to 12 percent after the peak summer travel season. American already has begun eliminating flights, as have number three Delta Air Lines Inc. and others.
That's bad news for travelers, especially those who fly out of smaller regional airports that are losing flights and service, and it's almost certain to get worse unless oil prices drop and take the pressure off airlines. "For the next year or so, it's going to be gloom and doom" in terms of fares and flight options, said air travel expert Tom Parsons.
While United didn't specify routes or flights to be trimmed, the airlines already have begun targeting less profitable flights even if they are to leisure destinations with strong demand. Several carriers have cut back on service to Las Vegas, Honolulu, and elsewhere; Delta's service to and from Orlando, Fla., is down 45 percent from a year ago.
While demand for tickets to those destinations remains solid, the airlines say they have to focus on higher-priced and more profitable routes in the face of sky-high fuel prices.
Airline consultant Robert Mann said the tourism and travel industries as a whole are subject to "serious collateral damage," with a likely drop in air travelers to hotels and resorts in places that have flourished with the proliferation of low air fares.
The outlook may be grimmest of all for airlines that don't cut back enough to survive oil prices trading at $122 a barrel even after a decline from $135. That's still well more than double the $50-a-barrel price that United pegged its business plan to after emerging from bankruptcy in 2006.
"Some airlines will likely go bankrupt and cease operating," Lehman Brothers analyst Joseph Campbell said in a note to investors yesterday.
Which, of course, will benefit the well-off who can survive and absorb, right?
ALL a PLAN, America, for your OWN ENSLAVEMENT!!!!
WAKE the FUCK UP!!!!
That might help the bottom lines of those that manage to keep flying, but would only speed up a trend of paring US flight options that has been building for months.
The largest airports may see only a small decline in flight options, but smaller cities such as Lancaster, Pa., and Ithaca, N.Y., already have lost all service. Experts say others in the East, Midwest, and beyond are likely to see individual carriers depart or also lose service completely.
"If you're in a small city you're going to have less opportunities, and the leisure markets are going to be priced out," said Parsons, chief executive of the discount travel site Bestfares.com.
UAL Corp.'s United said it plans to cut an additional 900 to 1,100 salaried, contract, and management employees by year-end, in addition to 500 previously disclosed reductions. The combined reductions mean the airline is cutting nearly 3 percent of its 55,600 workers worldwide."
Yes indeed, the airline industry is tanking. It's over, America.
The world you once knew -- soon over!!!
Why worry anyway, you can't afford the ticket:
DALLAS - If you're taking a nonstop flight to summer vacation, better pony up a lot more money or start unpacking.
In many cases, major carriers have more than doubled or even tripled their cheapest US fares from last summer's fares. That's on top of the new fees for checking luggage and other services.
Here's another fee for you: Latest Airline Fee: Pay Toilets
Tom Parsons, chief executive of the discount travel site Bestfares.com, looked at the lowest fares for nonstop travel in July - the kind of tickets that usually must be bought long in advance and therefore appeal mostly to vacationers, not business travelers.
So that means YOU are going to GET SCREWED, American family!!!!
Yup, BUSINESS NEVER PAYS!!!!
Can't you SEE the FASCISM COMING?!
PENNING US UP in regions so we can't travel (as it is now, you need your papers).
Still think the labor camps and the 80% population reduction is bullshit?
Parsons said where major carriers offer nonstop flights and low-fare competitors offer only one-stop service, fares are up to 365 percent higher than a year ago.
Last summer, Parsons said, American Airlines offered fares as low as $238 for July travel between Phoenix and Miami. This year, the lowest fare is $660.
Delta's lowest Atlanta-Tampa nonstop round-trip starts at $392 for the week of July 22, compared with $148 last year, Parsons said. And United's best deal for Chicago-Charleston, S.C., is $730, up from $178 a year ago, he said.
WOW!!!! Talk about STICKER SHOCK!!!!
In all the cases, Parsons said, low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines Co. offer only one-stop or slower service. "You better look for alternate airports or one-stop service because airlines are betting that they can get away with these fares," he said.
Yeah, and risk lax maintenance, too!!!!
The major airlines have raised fares about a dozen times since late last year to offset skyrocketing costs for jet fuel.
Officials for the major airlines did not dispute Parsons' figures but explained that they must raise fares to cover higher costs.
I'm so sick of multi-billion dollar industries crying poverty, readers.
Whatever happened to the $15 BILLION the taxpayers gave you after that false-flag inside job of 9/11?
David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association, said average fares are less than 1 percent lower than they were in 2000 but the price of jet fuel has increased 217 percent in the same time.
He said the carriers were "playing catch-up." Pffffft!!
Catching up to us you they can poke you in the ass, 'eh, 'murkn vacationers?
Parsons said, however, that airlines will think twice if they see soft bookings in July and August for the typically slower fall season."
Hear that? DON'T FLY ANYMORE, Americans! Don't fly at all!!!!!
Actually, this ought to make up for everything (including the anal examines):
NEW YORK -US airlines' on-time arrival rate improved in April, a month after they posted their worst March results since 1995, the Transportation Department reported.
About 77.7 percent of flights arrived within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, an increase from 75.7 percent a year earlier, the Washington agency said yesterday on its website.
Translation: Nearly ALL of them were LATE!!!!
Paying TOP DOLLAR for THIS?
Talk about a fucking rape!!!!
The improvement suggests the Federal Aviation Administration may be succeeding in limiting delays as the summer travel season picks up during June. Last year's delays were the second worst on record...."
Yaaaaaay, let's hear it for the FAA!!!!! Pffffffftttt!!!!!
