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From: david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Re: Airline Cost Info
Message-ID: <710@infopro.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 14:09:40 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 14:09:40 1985
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>
>Aircraft Operating Expense - Dollars per Total Block Hour
>
>Flying Operations
>  crew, salaries, and expenses	   466.36	     508.12	     139.66
>
>Looking at these figures can be fun, like you can see that Peoples
>Express really is crowded and slow.  Enjoy.

    >Not to mention their low salaries!

I've been informed that the reason for the low salaries is that
Peoples Express employs only NON-UNION crew, including pilots. As
well, various people in the transportation industry have told me that
PE's policies (I'm not sure exactly which) have ticked off travel
agents and other airlines. The net result, I was told, is
that virtually nobody in the
industry will do normal referrals to them (such as booking you on
their flights (unless you specifically ask for them), or exchanging for
a PE ticket if your flight is delayed, etc.). 

An EX-Peoples Express passenger (for reasons solely that their late
arrivals and departures have caused me much grief).
-- 
          Dave Fiedler
{harpo,astrovax,whuxcc,clyde}!infopro!dave    People Phone: (201) 989-0570
USMail: InfoPro Systems, 3108 Route 10, Denville, NJ 07834
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