Originally Posted by
channa
And what did it take to get that? A severe recession, 6 million lost jobs, and a significant downturn in business travel.
I wonder if CO would allow people to defer their status to the next recession. That way they could actually utilize the benefits of what they earned.

Recession? Let's take a look at the load for Next weekend LAX-EWR 5/16
PHP Code:
CO () 1403 0 LAX
05/16/09 7:15 AM EWR
05/16/09 3:34 PM 738
Sa
79% / 31m F0 D0 Z0 A0 Y7 B7 M7 H7 K0 Q7 U0 V7 G0 W0 E0 S0 T0 N0 L0
0 Connections
CO () 1703 0 LAX
05/16/09 8:30 AM EWR
05/16/09 4:56 PM 757
Su,Sa
63% / 51m F2 D2 Z2 A2 Y6 B6 M6 H6 K0 Q6 U0 V6 G0 W0 E0 S0 T0 N0 L0
0 Connections
CO () 16 0 LAX
05/16/09 10:15 AM EWR
05/16/09 6:40 PM 757
Su,Sa
55% / 33m F3 D3 Z3 A0 Y9 B9 M0 H0 K0 Q0 U0 V0 G0 W0 E0 S0 T0 N0 L0
0 Connections
CO () 1503 0 LAX
05/16/09 11:30 AM EWR
05/16/09 7:49 PM 738
Sa
72% / 30m F4 D4 Z4 A2 Y4 B4 M0 H0 K0 Q0 U0 V0 G0 W0 E0 S0 T0 N0 L0
0 Connections
CO () 90 0 LAX
05/16/09 12:45 PM EWR
05/16/09 9:05 PM 738
Sa
62% / 28m F0 D0 Z0 A0 Y2 B1 M0 H0 K0 Q0 U0 V0 G0 W0 E0 S0 T0 N0 L0
Already F0, F2, F3, F4, F0 at 9 days out. EUA? FUHGETABOUTIT. OP was just lucky.