Sure there is a higher cost BUT the sole problem to day is labor. Saleries, pension, benefits. Get those in line at the big guys can thrive. The problems aren't FC, meals, unforms, table clothes, hot towels....Nice luxuries but not the big issue. Its nice AA saved $40K a year by removing two olives from salads but who CARES? $40k isn't AA's problem. Labor is killing them.