Old Hippie Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 They did that 2 times already...er my salary anyway, the CEO still got 40+ million in a bonuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 They sure won't want to cut into their salary... All others first.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 It's a shame the idiots who run our country can't think ahead and spend money on things that would benefit the tax-paying public, rather than the big-business industrial complex cronies of theirs. Our tax monies are spent for the benefit of the war profiteers rather than the people of America and the infrastructure of the country. Instead we build for others we conquer in our oil wars rather than ourselves. It's enough to make one puke. I disagree Cent; greed on everyone's part in the US has caused the current situation. Not just corporations but the man on the street, the money lenders and banks. Upgrades in train passenger services slowed way down about 75 years ago because of cars. Unlike Europe cars were cheap and plentiful and Americans got spoiled and quit riding trains. Now our rail system is in the shitter. Hell I know alot of the red-necks were I used to live have 1-ton 4x4 duelly pickups that get 6 MPG and they commute to work in those things. They are the first ones to bitch about gas prices!! They should park it and car pool in a Kia! This crap is everybody's fault!!! I have to disagree. It's not about cheap cars, but about politics, the self conception of a state, and the power of the the US car and flight industries. In Europe railways have always been seen as essential for the infrastructure of the countries. Therefore in almost all European countries the railways have been in public hands and still today the railway companies are forced to keep railway lines open which are unprofitable. And especially in Germany and France the railway was and is a symbol of national pride (the bullet trains that is). With the gas prices around USD 8.60 USD per gallon in Germany many people switched to trains as well... (but German rail doesn't have problems to adapt to the growing passenger numbers). PS: Guys like HH will see this as a bad example of left wing socialist economies. :smirk: (Except that the German economy in the third strongest world wide, even though we have a state funded social security system and offer health service for all [even the poor] ) PS:PS: Of course Japan has best public rail, bus and subway system, much better than in Germany and France. (Except that in Tokyo local trains, buses and subways stop around midnight, which can make returning home after a party night very expensive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Somehow I get the feeling the consumer is getting set up. If oil prices drop, will airline fares drop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 They may just drop the fuel levy but that will be it ..imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 "...Somehow I get the feeling the consumer is getting set up. If oil prices drop, will airline fares drop?..." No. And if we go ahead with the off shore drilling and drilling in Anwar, the price of gasoline won't drop. The excuse will be "we need to recoup" or expenses...The plan is to break the U.S. consumer and get us to work as cheap as other countries. This whole mess with oil is 100% Bullshit fabrication, same as before, same as next time. The oil companies have been dying to drill off shore and in Alaska, but have been blocked, now the higher cost of oil has people rethinking this. All a bunch of bullshit. There is plenty of oil for god knows how long. Demand has nothing to do with it, as the supply is manipulated. Fuck these greedy bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 IMO, speculation is the leading cause and lobbyists from many industries (financial and energy) have been lobbying very hard against any kind of new regulations addressing that issue. There is really no incentive for oil companies to find new oil fields or increase production. Financial interests are making HUGE profits from the trading of futures. They're plainly only interested in maintaining that flood of income. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Maybe they could just fly on 2 engines instead of 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Maybe they could just fly on 2 engines instead of 4. That's right. While the number of flights exploded the passenger numbers did not follow. The reason: the airlines switched to smaller planes and increased the numbers of connections. Less flights and bigger planes would make flying cheaper, but of course we would have less choices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 You will have fewer choices and pay more in the very near future, especially if all these mergers go through. Until the next up turn in the economy...too bad no one knows how to run an airline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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