@...Ever wonder how much it costs to fill the fuel tank on a Boeing 767 jet? CNBC answers that in a story that looks at American Airlines fuel costs, writing that "at the recent market price of roughly $3.85 a gallon, that means it costs about $77,000 to top off a Boeing 767." The network adds it takes about 9,000 gallons of jet fuel for a 767 to make a cross-country flight "That," CNBC writes, "means American Airlines pays about $34,000 in fuel costs alone for that flight, up $15,000 in just the past year. The airline takes in about $54,000 in total revenue for the average flight from JFK to LAX. That leaves the company about $20,000 to pay for everything else, let alone make a profit.' CNBC's interesting number-crunch comes as it looks at how AA tries to cope with soaring jet-fuel costs. CNBC says that "although American isn't about to go under, it is hurting. The $6 billion it saved in a painful, post-9/11 reorganization has been swept away in a whirlwind of rising fuel prices. The airline guzzles more than 95 gallons every second, draining its coffers by more than $20,000 a minute." Not surprisingly, American -– like all U.S. carriers –- is looking to cut fuel costs however it can. As part of its efforts to rethink the way AA consumes fuel, the company is taking an especially hard look at how weight and time spent on the ground affect its fuel consumption. "We spend 5% of our total fuel expense on the ground," Scott Turner, an AA pilot and the company's manager of flight operations efficiency, says to CNBC. "That's $500 million a year just spent taxiing these airplanes around." As for weight, CNBC says AA saves 14,000 gallons of fuel a year for each pound it lighten a plane's weight by. That statistic is largely behind the airline's decision move to remove magazines, and is leading the airline to replace its 19,000 food carts with new ones that are 17 pounds lighter, according to CNBC. The estimated savings from that: $7.3 million a year at current fuel prices, CNBC says.
It doesn't mention in this article, how the pilots leave the apu's on because they think that will affect Arpey's bonus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It doesn't mention in this article, how the pilots leave the apu's on because they think that will affect Arpey's bonus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
