Originally Posted by Billiken
Yesterday Maria Bartiromo interviewed Gordon Bethune on CNBC.
His most interesting comment was that he wished that his passion/career had been in a different industry (...re the toughness of the aviation biz).
He did make one comment which interested me:
The U.S. aviation industry could lose $5 billion this year while travelers pay $15 billion in flight-related taxes.
Are those numbers correct?
Happy Holidays from CLE.....STIL A HUB
Yep......kinda like those telephone taxes that were temporary but have lasted around 100 years so far
BTW Billiken .... Hows COEX...err.. I mean CO treating you these days? The F seat next to me on Red Tail is still open but I know a few folks over at DL have been keeping a close eye on it
