This is the same article as posted above. Included in that is this paragraph, "He said American is watching the low-cost airlines that competitors Delta Air Lines Inc. and UAL Corp. are creating. If they work, American may consider building one of its own." I wouldn't count on a carrier in a carrier here. AA will use continue to use its strength and brand to combat the low fare and other low cost carriers.Hatu said:
I don't know about that since your suggestion would cause confussion and maybe anger with passengers since First class service along with the ability to provide upgrades for their most loyal customers is what seperates AA from the LCCs and this is what AA has been promoting with their Ads to business travellers but if necessary they could always reduce the number of First class seats on the 757s and I am not certain about reducing the number of FC seats on the A300 since they already have only 12 which I consider a small number for such a large aircraft.AAmech said:
I totally agree with youBob Owens said:
But if they want a low cost airline just get some 100 seaters EMB 190 for Eagle to fly routes that they may be in competition with the REAL LCCs especially in STL. Just a suggestion I know AA management will straigthen out the mother ship before they turn their attention to starting another airline if they see that their fellow network competitors are having success with theirs.If AA did an all coach class configuration on a portion of its fleet it would have to use it carefully to avoid what you pointed out. It could do that by having regular two class flights intermixed with the all coach flights and channelling the business traffic onto them. If they're selling nothing but $200.00 RT tickets on these flights I doubt they'll anger too many. Of course there's nothing we can do about the one or two cronic complainers!Andre1980 said:
Therein lies the problem with most "major" carriers these days...their planes are pretty full with $200 round trips...even the platinum elite passengers, who can and will complain if any steps are taken to prevent them from exercising their God given right to an upgrade based on the frequency of their butt in a money losing seat.AAmech said:If they're selling nothing but $200.00 RT tickets on these flights I doubt they'll anger too many. Of course there's nothing we can do about the one or two cronic complainers!
In case everyone has forgotten, the F100s ARE HISTORY, they are being put in the desert/mhv/ as we speak. I believe about 60 are to be sold to some consortium in europe, and the other 14 are already in the desert. The reason is because AA will not spend the 1-1.5 mil per engine to fix Rolls Royce's problem with thet TAY engine, so forget about the F100s being used as bait, hook, chum or any other fishing devise, except maybe as a sinker.Boomer said:
