Parker on CNBC this morning RE: A La Carte Pricing

[N965VJ]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=813595838&play=1



This post goes out to all the hopeless sinners, and pilferers of obsolete galley supplies.

 

[Bobbie]

He seems lucid, intelligent, and much more healthy than the last few times I've seen him.

I couldn't help but agree that flying is becoming more of a luxury. At the same time, he's doing everything to drive away those premium travelers. This is a fundamental flaw in his logic.

Otherwise, a good interview.

 

[LCC_#1]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=813595838&play=1



This post goes out to all the hopeless sinners, and pilferers of obsolete galley supplies.

This is a hopeless post as the DP haters will do nothing but trash him and call him DoUgIe and childish comments like that. I see at least 5 pages of DP bashing and nothing intelligent to add.

 

[BoeingBoy]

You just need to attract more people to the Parker Fan Club.....

Jim

 

[LCC_#1]

You just need to attract more people to the Parker Fan Club.....

Jim

Good one, Jim. I wouldn't want that job.

One doesn't have to be a fan or hater of DP to contribute something of substance. I just see this thread going south. I hope I am proved wrong!

 

[Bobbie]

I, for one, was impressed by his apparent sobriety. He looks like he's taking better care of himself than in the past. I think my post was complimentary. It's always nice to see someone looking a lot healthier.

 

[Frontier69]

So if the pax really dont want to check bags, or buy sodas, then where else is the draw for revenue? It is apparent that the Airlines need to formulate fares based on distances flown and not by what they have previousy charged or in some cases gouged! Yes flying is a sort of luxury. It is buying time. Why should it cost say $99.00 for a one way ticket from PHL to FLL when it takes approx 20+ hours to drive? So if Parker concludes it will cost approx $600.00 to break even on a rountrip ticket everywhere USAirways flys, then he is completely clueless. Yes maybe those charges would apply for a r/t ticket from PHL to LAX. How long to drive that distance? Now lets reflect on Art of ISP view: IT'S THE FARES STUPID!

 

[oldiebutgoody]

I've got to give him credit for trying something new. The old formulas aren't working. I look at my own situation. The MOST important thing is on time, reliable transportation. Everything else is secondary. LCC has been doing a LOT better in that regard, and that bodes well for their attempts to make the airline work.

I guess my real gripe is that Doug and gang have had some real opportunities to improve the relationship between labor and management. They consistently ignore them or even oppose them. Until managements (I'm including MOST airlines) do a better job of team building, they'll always be perceived as disfunctional.

 

[BoeingBoy]

So if Parker concludes it will cost approx $600.00 to break even on a rountrip ticket everywhere USAirways flys, then he is completely clueless.

In fairness (and I'm no fan of his), the $600 was for the average passenger. As of the last quarterly filing, the average passenger trip was something over 1500 miles - 3000+ round trip. That works out to less than 20 cents/mile yield.

Jim

 

[28L_or_10R?]

I, for one, was impressed by his apparent sobriety. He looks like he's taking better care of himself than in the past. I think my post was complimentary. It's always nice to see someone looking a lot healthier.

I actually thought he looked bloated and his voice was raspier than usual. He's got that Teddy Kennedy look to him.

 

[allstrike]

Hey,I think he did good.he was getting hard balled a little and handled it well.Like he said if selling water off sets the cost of putting it on the plane fine.Not much is free anymore.That said if I buy water it damn well better be COLD....lol

Youll have to buy water to bring on board if you dont buy it flying.Hey itll be hot by the time you get off the ground.
$7.00 bucks for a beer though...hummm well consider the view get a window seat.

 

[N965VJ]

<SNIP> $7.00 bucks for a beer though...hummm well consider the view get a window seat.

The last time I paid $7 for a Budweiser the view was really good, but tipping the strippers was by hand exchange only.

I had a hard time hearing the audio for some reason, but did Parker hint at weight savings from not having to carry around so many cans of inventory, as well as some more ways to separate customers from their nickels and dimes?



This post goes out to all the hopeless sinners, and pilferers of obsolete galley supplies.

 

[Prince of PAWOBs]

This is a hopeless post as the DP haters will do nothing but trash him and call him DoUgIe and childish comments like that. I see at least 5 pages of DP bashing and nothing intelligent to add.

Amen to that!

 

[does this plane go to paris]

I didn't hear the entire show, but I was just sitting in my car and had the Tom Sullivan Show on the Sirrius Radio and Parker was the topic of conversation. I only picked up the last few minute's but Tom was amazed that a CEO of an airline just couldn't raise fare's. The point where I tuned in was where a caller was explaining how he couldn't just raise fare's and couldn't just park plane's. The next few caller's all agreed that Parker didn't make a very lasting impression and if Trucking firm's across America can add fuel charge's then why can't Parker.

Tom also was bantering with the caller that he was under the impression that every CEO should have learned that the making a profit is job number one and not breaking even and if he needed to raise fare's, then why not.

The final note that I heard was that Parker was explaining the buy on board. Sullivan wanted to know why if carrying all of this extra load of soda's and water was so expensive and he had to charge for it and if the pax were not going to pay for it, then why carry it all?

 

[FlyGuyBWI]

I didn't hear the entire show, but I was just sitting in my car and had the Tom Sullivan Show on the Sirrius Radio and Parker was the topic of conversation. I only picked up the last few minute's but Tom was amazed that a CEO of an airline just couldn't raise fare's. The point where I tuned in was where a caller was explaining how he couldn't just raise fare's and couldn't just park plane's. The next few caller's all agreed that Parker didn't make a very lasting impression and if Trucking firm's across America can add fuel charge's then why can't Parker.

Tom also was bantering with the caller that he was under the impression that every CEO should have learned that the making a profit is job number one and not breaking even and if he needed to raise fare's, then why not.

The final note that I heard was that Parker was explaining the buy on board. Sullivan wanted to know why if carrying all of this extra load of soda's and water was so expensive and he had to charge for it and if the pax were not going to pay for it, then why carry it all?

Don't worry about the weight of food and beverage. It will be reduced by next quarter. I hope everyone likes the taste of the "free" water out of those nasty tanks, because that's the future. I predict a drastic reduction in provisioned beverages on US Airways aircraft within the next 3 months. All in the name of "fuel savings", of course.

I could be wrong, I'm just giving my opinion....