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by "Matt Barrow" Mar 21, 2006 at 07:07 AM



I guess the idea that "passengers" counts "repeaters" didn't enter your
head.



If they meant "passenger trips" they should have said it. They said
"passengers."

If I say I flew 100 passengers last year, that does not mean that I took
one passenger up one hundred times. That means 100 people flew on my
plane. TC had it right.


When the airlines quotes their numbers how do you think they count them?
I flew 10 legs on airlines in 2005. I'll bet I count as 10 passengers.

Don't they use passenger miles? It gives them a big number which looks
impressive.


They do in most cases for just that reason and because it is statistically
relevant. But I've seen them quote words to the effect of "We carried X#
passengers last year," which is exactly what AOPA did in the press release
that Skywhine is bitching about. There is certainly know case where the
airline quoted the number of individuals they carried which is what Skypuss
seems to think the AOPA should do.