UNITED AIR LINES TO LAY OFF 950 PILOTS

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Mxsmanic wrote:
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Pretty well, which is why it is a goal for most companies, not just
airlines.

Fewer flights increases utilization of assets? Examples?

I take back everything I ever said about you being intelligent but
a social incompetent.

You are dumb and socially incompetent.

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%.

Of course it would have probably helped if you knew what "utilization
of assets" means.



Anthony has no idea of what an asset is, as he doesn't have any. Thus, he
has no way of knowing what "utilization of assets" means.

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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?

Anthony, you get dumber with every post you make.

Mxsmanic wrote:
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Perhaps for you luck has a better ROI than skill.

I've learned not to rely on luck.

We can all see where relying on your skills got you.


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Like I said, it would help if you knew what "utilization of assets" means.

Does it include sales of mineral water?

Nomen Nescio writes:

Not that I expect you to understand any of this.

Why do you write things that you don't expect me to understand?

Mxsmanic wrote:
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Like I said, it would help if you knew what "utilization of assets" means.

Does it include sales of mineral water?

If you have a mineral water well, pumps, and a bottling plant.

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On Jun 29, 6:36*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
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Pretty well, which is why it is a goal for most companies, not just
airlines.

Fewer flights increases utilization of assets? *Examples?

Economics 101 fixed costs and variable costs. fuel use per pax per
mile ( the main variable cost in running an airline ) decreasses
significantly for any aircraft as no of pax increases. so its pretty
obvious that flying airliners with MT seats becomes less sensible as
fuel prices rise.

On Jun 29, 2:38*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Larry Dighera writes:
I expect to see a lot more of this sort of thing occurring as the
economy worsens:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel...ot-memo-june23...
* * Today we announced initial details concerning the first wave of
* * pilot furloughs resulting from our plans to take 100 aircraft from
* * our mainline fleet due to record high oil prices and a softening
* * U.S. economy. The first notices to furlough approximately 100
* * pilots for the flying month of September will be issued in
* * mid-July.

* * By the end of 2009, when we expect to complete the full reduction
* * of our 94 B737 aircraft and six B747s (see June 4 NewsReal), we
* * anticipate the need to furlough approximately 950 active pilots..
* * This process is one of the difficult but necessary steps we need
* * to take to size our business appropriately to reflect the current
* * market reality....

Companies that try to reduce costs rather than increase revenue eventually
tend to fold, because you can only reduce costs to zero (and you'll go out of
business long before that), whereas you can increase revenue indefinitely..
Cost-cutting is easy for even the stupidest corporate officers to understand,
but it's a poor, short-term, emergency measure, not a competent way to manage
a company.- Hide quoted text -

increase revenue indefinately hah, do you want to give us a list of
companies that have done that? and just out of interest which
companies have you managed? or perhaps you are simulating company
management?

terry writes:

Economics 101 fixed costs and variable costs. fuel use per pax per
mile ( the main variable cost in running an airline ) decreasses
significantly for any aircraft as no of pax increases. so its pretty
obvious that flying airliners with MT seats becomes less sensible as
fuel prices rise.

But pax numbers were not mentioned. All else being equal, fewer flights
equals less utilization of assets. If pax numbers per flight are also
changed, that has to be specified.

terry writes:

increase revenue indefinately hah, do you want to give us a list of
companies that have done that?

Microsoft, Amazon, Google, General Electric ... virtually all large companies.
They did not become large by cutting costs.