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Subject: Re: Fuel consumption for 727 or 737?
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Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 23:04:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 20 23:04:31 1985
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Nf-From: ucf-cs!wahid    Apr 19 15:47:00 1985


Hey the ATT attitude shows there ...........
People's is a cut rate airline but as proffessional as most.
As for forgetting flaps in a checklist........let's see
Continental landed on a taxiway once instead of runway.
American has landed on a wrong runway.
Eastern has had .............. and the list goes on.
The airlines engaged in price war are trying to capture 
a market to monopolize it later..... ala old ma bell.
Also ala ma bell they won't loose their shirts on it 
they subsidise low fare roots by charging huge fare on less
popular routes where they can get away with it ...cross
subsidising.
For cost calc need to know 727 model ie engine size and how
many passengers it carries.
45% cost is fuel so figure fuel use in following way:
.6 * max thrust * .25 = pounds fuel per hou per engine.
(.6 is specific fuel consumption  .25 for fraction of
max thrust used at cruise at 30000 feet. )
Then divide by 6 to get gallons.
Airlines pay a little less than $1 per gallon for fuel.
So there you have it.