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[quote user="CMStPnP"] Yeah, my opinion on Quantas management and your Austrailan example: http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2014/03/letting-qantas-go-go-bankrupt-would-be.html I'll stick with more efficiently run carriers like Delta and American Airlines and how I observe they manage their planes and routes vs using Quantas Your never going to see a 767 or A330  fly between Houston and Dallas in your lifetime as a sole flight segment unless they start burning a cheaper / alternate fuel or are a heavily subsidized National Carrier like Emrites.    Quite probable that SWA might even downgrade from 737's to regional jets on the route for more frequency and efficiency. I for one cannot wait until they start to charge for carry-on bags, which is a new fee that is comming soon in the next few years.    It will cut back on the fighting somewhat for overhead space and resulting delays to departure. [/quote] Qantas has been financially stressed for a variety of reasons.  It has had to face challenges similar to those face by America's legacy carriers.   Have you ever been to Australia?  Have you ever flown Qantas between Melbourne and Sydney or vice versa? What metrics do you have or can you point us to that show American, which has just emerged from bankruptcy, and Delta are better managed that Qantas?   There is nothing in the article that you referenced to link Qantas' financial problems with the use of Boeing 767s and Airbus 330s on the Melbourne to Sydney runs.  When I was in Melbourne in February, I flew to Sydney and back on a 767.  The flights were pretty full.   No one, especially people outside of the aviation community, knows what types of airplanes might be used by the carriers on any segment in Texas or anywhere else for that matter. Southwest's management has said frequently that it will not use of regional jet airplanes.  Why would it?  The 737-700 and 800 is idea for its segments. You made the claim that many if not most business people in the Metroplex fly out of DFW, when they are going to Houston, to get the frequent flyer points. You said that most business people don't fly on SW between Dallas and Houston?  Again, do you have any data to back-up this claim?  How about some hard data?
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