Originally Posted by
fastair
Nor was it in any of the past years, yet in each of them q2 & q3 more than made up for the losses in q1 &q4 to produce a full fy profit.
Speaking relative to competition, no, UA isn't passing the muster, but in terms of covering costs, even in MOST profitable years, very few US carriers have made q1 black.
1Q13: ($325M) non-GAAP, ($419M) GAAP
1Q14: ($489M) non-GAAP, ($609M) GAAP
I get it, you gotta drink the Kool-Aid. Me, not so much. The strategy is
not. working. Sure, they'll do better next quarter, but other airlines are not as stingy and yet are making money. This quarter.
It's not. working.
Originally Posted by
DeaconFlyer
But they certainly get in the way when trying to find useful information.
Only if you let them.