Originally Posted by
Justin026
A quick check of Internet charts shows the price of fuel has seen the most stable years since the merger of the last 15 years or so, so that excuse is nonsense. Unless they brought AirTran expecting fuel prices to fall ??
Here's the chart. There has clearly been a marked increase in jet fuel prices since the merger was announced in September 2010 that unlike spikes in 2005 and 2008 have been stable at increased levels for three years now. It seems like your claim that his excuse is nonsense is ... well, nonsense.