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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 7:09 pm
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House Arrest
 
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Originally Posted by Efrem
I doubt the revenue they'd get from people who want to fly over the pole, but would otherwise fly with a different airline or not at all, would offset the cost of the additional fuel they'd need for a non-optimal flight path.

Granted, I may be wrong. Haven't been wrong yet this year, though.
Yes, but they could just fly the most efficient route, and then say they flew over the pole. But I know an airline would never tell me something that wasn't true . . .
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