Originally Posted by
writerguyfl
Maybe I'm out of touch with what "normal" people do over a 3-day weekend. Do many people take 5+ hours transcontinental flights over a 3-day weekend?
Personally, I doubt that Los Angeles is high on the list of leisure destinations for New Yorkers over the MLK Jr. holiday weekend. As such, trying to use this as a data point for relative health of a given airline seems suspect.
I once (actually twice I think) did a day trip to LA (and yes on leisure)... so never say never
Though I think you are right in that they are just trying to better match capacity to demand.
-J.