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Old Sep 30, 2009 | 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by newyorkgeorge
Much of it is that Jet Blue has a lower cost structure. Employees are newer and paid less, a/c are much newer and have lower maintainance costs, and Jet Blue is not supporting huge hub operations.
hmmm..interesting. i wonder how can AA start over then? based on your argument, almost impossible. to get new aircrafts, you need huge amounts of cash, but we dont have it because we are not as lean/efficient as B6. In turn, we try to hit other markets, but yet at a cost that cant be afforded.
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