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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 8:10 am
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[QUOTE=parnel]
Originally Posted by Hypnotize

OF COURSE WORKING THE RAMP YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVER HEARD OF THE AIR CANADA ACT THat RESTRICTS AC FROM DOING A LOT OF EFFICIENT STUFF.



If the truth were really known AC's takeout of CP allowed WJA to flourish for a few years until they went through CCAA, restructured CP's debt effectively and got needed union concessions.
Now that they are on their feet and working on only 6 out of 8 cylinders your profits have tanked and you're feeling the heat like you've never felt it since the airline started. Of course there is room for two airlines but Clive now knows he has to work pretty damn hard to comptete and his cocky attitude has taken a hit not only from the competition but from being caught as a crook.

When the other two cylinders are working at full tilt(new seats and new planes all delivered) in about a year or so they will have 46 ERJ's all with J class and seat back avod,etc running all over the place on routes wetjet could only have wet dreams for. That plus Jazz running right sized planes for each market will see AC become quite profitable.
They don't have to buy market share like wetjet does with passes significantly below cost either. $85 net a segment isn't going to help your bonuses which seem to be going the way of the dodo bird in any event.
Nope, excuse 9,000,000,002 and the usual delusional chant about "...it's all going to be better soon...." -
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