<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fenstere:
NJDavid -
Great list, but let's not forget:
*Decrease in average price you pay for a mainline ticket, in 2000 dollars, from $361.32 in 2000 to $300.81 in 2002, a decrease of 16.7%.
*Reduction in the number of people per plane, from 74.5% to 72.1% of capacity, leading to a reduced chance that the middle-seat beside you is full.
*Significant increase in the chance your flight arrives on-time (83.5% in 2002 vs 80.7% in 2001).
*Significant reduction in the amount of time your plane spends on a taxiway.
*Significant reduction in the percentage chance of baggage handling error (3.14 in 2002 vs. 4.29 in 2001).
Source: Continental Airlines Form 10-K, University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute. Also, assumes 2.5% inflation.
[This message has been edited by fenstere (edited 09-19-2003).]</font>
Personally, I don't trust CO published statistics anymore...and so much so that I wouldn't even trust CO's 10-K to burn if it was set on fire.
But if that information is loosley based upon truth, each and every point can be accounted for simply with the retiring of the 727s and their (and select 737s) replacement with Jungle Jets.
[This message has been edited by NJDavid (edited 09-19-2003).]