Comments by "HalfSourLizard" (@halfsourlizard9319) on "The Rigged Economics of Airlines" video.

  1.  @Default78334  I would love to pay for cabin bags on legacy carriers to avoid boarding delays due to the inexperienced-traveller dipshits who try to lug battleship-sized bags aboard flights.
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  2. CASM is 'cost per available seat mile' ... I believe you said something involving 'square miles'.
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  3.  @drabberfrog  That's not quite true. It's deltas in share price (and possibly dividends) that investors care about ... increasing market share via low-cost / high-volume might be one way to accomplish that, but certainly not the only one. (i.e., low cost to people who have butts in seats is not directly a thing that investors / markets have incentive to care about)
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  4. Yep. Wendover did a decent vid about this a couple of years back.
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  5. So, I've always wondered about SWAs 'free' (read: included) checked bags: SW's model is partially based on quick turn-arounds / number of legs that they can fly per plane per day ... and I suspect that encouraging passengers to check bags speeds the boarding process ... presumably somebody did the maths that that (+ loyalty) is a net win, even at rev loss from checked-bag fees.
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