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Old January 24th 07, 11:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Beware travelers with bratty kids

Mike Schumann writes:

I suspect that cost is while the airplane is in flight. Cost on the ground
would be significantly less.


Not when you subtract cost from revenue. A plane on the ground costs
money but generates no revenue. A plane in the air costs money, too,
but it generates more revenue than it costs. Every minute a plane
spends on the ground is money down the drain.

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