A lot of people in this market book at the last minute. |
Boston is a classic case of a market that has a lot of service but it's overpriced. Every time we begin service from Boston to a new city, we come in and we liberate the route with low fares. |
It keeps the weight down on the aircraft, and it saves us a lot of money. |
It's far more valuable to customers who choose to watch, and customers who choose not to watch can turn their unit off. |
It's not unexpected. We typically see this kind of competitive response. |
Service between New York and Washington, D.C. is something we're looking at very closely, but right now we're deploying our aircraft to cities we feel are under-served and over-priced -- and there are quite a few cities in that category, including Washington, D.C. |
We are actually in the very early stages of figuring out a way for customers to [fly] with any international airline that wants to partner with us. |
We don't feel that third-party representation is in the best interests of crew members. |
We don't see any financial benefit to our business whatsoever. |
We don't think pilot scheduling rules are sacred cows. They should be open to examination. |
We find it ironic that we were kind of pressured to release these slots, and now they're apparently not useful to them (American) anymore. The marketplace changes so rapidly, almost on a daily basis, so I'm not entirely surprised. No one should be. |
We're not pleased by that at all. That is one of the main areas we need to improve. This is totally unacceptable. |
We're starting up to six flights daily from Dulles to Boston on January 17. |