Originally Posted by
caphis
The
opening of the LAX station has been suspended.
I question the math used in that article to obtain the $35,000 pricetag. Even with the most liberal math, and assuming a hike up to $3.50/gal (and a crew consisting of those highest in seniority), I come up with around $15,000 per flight for just the flight itself. This doesn't account for station rent, landing fees, airports crew... but I think $35,000 is a bit inflated.
Right now it cost more than $15,000 to fill up for JFK-LGB, so it's actually more for the actual flight when you add in the crews.. And yes, the crews on that flight from what I saw who got the flights were fairly senior. (They can have them! I'll take my unproductive 190 trips on the East coast
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