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bofie

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It is simple.

Run each station as an independent business, free to make local competitive price/service changes based on the environment.

Some limitations of course...certain corporate policies would guide responses, fares could be changes within ranges etc.

This would allow innovation that could be adopted by the whole system if successful.
 
Not gunna happen. Tickets are not sold at stations. They are sold on the web, via travel agents, and rez. Also, how many tickets are they going to sell in Orlando? Answer, very few. Most pax to leisure destinations start out in the cold North. Maybr their should be a way to give greater local influence, but complete station control on ticket prices just doesn't work.
 
Though tix aren't sold at stations, prices could be set from anywhere.

There could be a central pricing service that responds to local direction.
 
bofie said:
Though tix aren't sold at stations, prices could be set from anywhere.

There could be a central pricing service that responds to local direction.
Does that mean that each station is free to set its own wage levels as well?
 
I seem to remember a long time ago at an airline far far away, something along this line was done with regard to customers of other airlines we didnt have an agreement with. It was a very limited arrangement having to do with people who missed the other flight or when the other carrier had problems and couldnt reroute. Instead of socking them with the walkup, the manager had an agreement with the other carrier to charge X (I think it was something like 50% of walkup) and get them on their way. We would either take customers money if they missed or the other carrier would write a check if it were their fault. It of course also worked for us the other way if we had problems and could use the other carrier for protection.
 
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