Passenger Lite?

[Jlcranford at aol.com]

Also, the flights all departed fairly early in the morning.  An 8:30 am flight could mean leaving home at 6:30 am, a bit earlier than many probably want to get up, given a choice.   

 

In a message dated Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:26:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> writes:


> > why there were so few passengers on board
> 
> I think load factors are a funny issue: most flights have many empty
> seats.  It's a small number of flights, on a small number of planes,
> that are packed.  The last time UA announced load factors on Sep 6,
> they reported 78% ... since this is an average, you can bet that many
> flights are half empty: but the flying public is more accustomed to
> seeing full planes.
> 
> I was scheduled to fly yesterday, and have been easily accomodated for
> today -- presuming we get the groundstop lifted.
> 
> /jordan