"F. Baum" wrote in message news:f721a757-cfe1-4c34-aef2-

Where did you come up with this. Which airlines are on the brink ?
With the exeption of Doug Parker and USAirways the airlines have been
doing quite well. Pick up a newspaper once in awhile .

Hey, all, just FYI. My wife and I got round-trip UAL tickets to New Orleans
for Mardi Gras for $210 each including taxes last month. In 1997 they were
something like $1,200. I see that they're up to $500-something right now.

Same ol' same ol'. 'Course, last year it took us 45 minutes to fly to NOLA
from Houston and 55 minutes for the building jockey to hook the jetway up to
the airplane so everybody could exit. (The pilot said quipped through the
intercom, "those jetways are complicated devices." I'd bet anything the guy
banging the jetway against the fuselage was making more than the pilot,
since the pilot wasn't making anything while he was sitting there waiting
for the professionals figure out how to open the door.)

-c