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UNITED AIR LINES TO LAY OFF 950 PILOTS
Mxsmanic wrote:
yedyegiss writes: Mxsmanic wrote: you can increase revenue indefinitely. Explain how, in the current economic climate, American airlines can increase revenue indefinitely. It depends on the airline. You failed to explain how, and instead went into your usual paroxysm of bloviation. In my experience, a person who postulates a solution to a business problem, such as "you can increase revenue indefinitely," and then turns out to be incapable of explaining how this can actually accomplished, tends to be extremely stupid. This applies even moreso when the person postulating such a solution is in miserable economic straits, and seems incapable of following his own advice. |
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
Maybe I'm wrong, but I just can't see "speculation" accounting for more than a 10 - 20% swing. Certainly not insignificant, but certainly not the REAL problem. Here's some evidence that speculation isn't the problem......................... Congress says it IS the problem, So do a lot of hard-working Americans. When was the last time those clowns were right about anything? Well, that reminds me of high school. "Well, if the teacher says it's so it must not be, 'cause, like, teachers are, like, stupid and stuff...huhhuh. They suck. School sucks. This,like, sucks." But while we may disagree as to the source of the problem, I think we will agree that energy is a BIG problem. This Country was built on fairly inexpensive energy. When manufacturing falls, America falls. 100% agreement! But, I don't think it's the line workers, the welders, electricians, circuit board builders, etc that decided to send manufacturing overseas. It was the business types. Well, Junior I'm a little old to be a Gen X crackpot (Think long hair,tie-dye, and Hendrix).............. But I "wasted" my vote on Perot. Hey, man, I know my way around Little Wing and wasted my vote on Perot too. Should I be shorting telecom stocks now? Telecom stocks are the absolute last thing I'll ever invest in again. I'm under NDE about my present soon-to-be-former employer, but, the general idea of telecom management is "we're profitable so let's buy the competition." When the engineers say "Okay, look, you can buy the competition but you have to be able to support their network and their customer base," they're basically persona non grata. One month, your $1000/month business T-1 service is working perfectly or if it goes down, somebody can fix it for you immediately and the next, there's a 45-minute hold time for support and nobody's sure which part of the network you're on. Customers go to elsewhere, the executives collect huge-ass severances and move on and the company reputation is basically ruined. And I gotta say, I'm rather surprised that "pedophelia, identity theft and jihadist websites" are that big a market. They're not, but, "free webhosting" sites are popular and you absolutely would not believe how successful those spam-driven dubious online pharmaceutical operations are because hiring somebody to keep them off your network is not a staffing priority. No, I think the American people ought to do something. Well, the VOTE sure isn't working! What's your suggestion? Stop electing people who take money from special interests. I hate to sound like Lou Dobbs here, but it's time to flush the toilet. [stuff read, noted and snipped for brevity] If the market is that unstable and the speculators that capable of manipulating a GIANT worldwide economy, it's time for Uncle Sam to declare war on speculators, not insurgents in Baghdad. The key word is "worldwide". How much of an effect do you really think a few US traders can possibly have? That's like saying the oil industry or airline industry is just "a few companies," isn't it? -c |
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UNITED AIR LINES TO LAY OFF 950 PILOTS
Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Don't want to. C Squirm, Anthony. You're an obedient little doggie, and once again you've turned desperate. |
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Hi,
In article , Bertie the wrote: If you can wait fifty years! I think the current wait is more like 47 actually. Andy |
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Andy Hawkins wrote in
: Hi, In article , Bertie the wrote: If you can wait fifty years! I think the current wait is more like 47 actually. See? He's already making a difference. Bertie |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Here's an example so simple even you should be able to understand it: Instead of making 2 flights at 50% capacity, you make 1 at 100%. When did capacity enter the picture? In a business where allocation of assets and capacity utilization are fundamental to the success of that business, it should be assumed. In my experience, only extraordinarly stupid people don't understand such business fundamentals, and only extremely stupid people would even ask a question like "when did capacity enter the picture?" when discussing such matters. |
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gatt writes:
I've heard that plenty of times from the MBA types, and I remind them that it's the responsibility of human beings to crush commercial pedophelia wherever it appears. That may be your emotional reaction, but from a more objective standpoint, it doesn't stand. You should see how quickly they change their tune when you shoot 'em an e-mail that says "Hey, Skip, check out this URL hosted by your customer" and they get to see a website advertising some infant choking on some old fat S.O.B.'s... They probably don't frequent such sites; naturally when a frequent visitor to these sites sends a URL they are likely to be surprised. That doesn't change the overall business and legal principles, though. I'm the one that has to verify that **** and report it to the FBI and then listen to these corporate pricks justify keeping the host online because the revenue they bring, but, you give some of these profit-grubbing ****stains a sample of the real world and it puts things into perspective for them. If you don't like what you see on the sites, and it's illegal, then logically you should go after whoever produced what you see. Closing down a Web site won't change anything, unless the only thing important to you is to have it out of sight and out of mind. |
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gatt writes:
Telecom stocks are the absolute last thing I'll ever invest in again. I'm under NDE about my present soon-to-be-former employer, but, the general idea of telecom management is "we're profitable so let's buy the competition." When the engineers say "Okay, look, you can buy the competition but you have to be able to support their network and their customer base," they're basically persona non grata. One month, your $1000/month business T-1 service is working perfectly or if it goes down, somebody can fix it for you immediately and the next, there's a 45-minute hold time for support and nobody's sure which part of the network you're on. Customers go to elsewhere, the executives collect huge-ass severances and move on and the company reputation is basically ruined. Unfortunately, that phenomenon exists throughout the business world, not just in telecommunications. |
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gatt wrote:
Telecom stocks are the absolute last thing I'll ever invest in again. I'm under NDE about my present soon-to-be-former employer, but, the general idea of telecom management is "we're profitable so let's buy the competition." You sound like you work for the same telecomm I do! G How many letters does your stock symbol have? |
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yeedyeegiiss wrote in
: Mxsmanic wrote: writes: Here's an example so simple even you should be able to understand it: Instead of making 2 flights at 50% capacity, you make 1 at 100%. When did capacity enter the picture? In a business where allocation of assets and capacity utilization are fundamental to the success of that business, it should be assumed. In my experience, only extraordinarly stupid people don't understand such business fundamentals, and only extremely stupid people would even ask a question like "when did capacity enter the picture?" when discussing such matters. It will be fun to see how Anthony tries to slither away from this one! |
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