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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (247945)	8/28/2005 11:51:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573211

Ted, That's because oil is over the top. I'm about to fly JetBlue for the first time, and I hear nothing but great things coming out of them. Maybe they have a secret oil pipeline that United, Delta, and American don't have access to. Yeah, that's it. LOL. You know enough just to be dangerous to yourself. JBLU has seen EPS per year go from $.96 in 2003 to $.43 in 2004 to an estimated $.30 in 2005. Meanwhile revenues have been growing during all three years. I am not willing to do the DD but I bet you the reduction in EPS has something to do with the price of oil going up. What do you think? And why is JBLU still profitable? Certainly, because it is a well run airline. But another important factor was because the cost of operations per passenger mile is one of the best in the industry. And that's solely a factor of when it went into operations. You might want to straighten out the inconsistencies in your viewpoint before continuing your non sequitur ... You might want to do your homework before taking a position. EDIT: Same goes for Southwest Airlines. Same thing....its seen its earnings diminish over the past three years as revenues have grown. Of the majors, the three best run airlines in the US are LUV, JBLU and ALK. LUV and JBLU have made money all three years. ALK and AWA have joined them this year but loss the previous two years. UA, AMR, DAL, USAR, CAL, FRNT and NWAC continue to bleed. I would say that isn't a great track record for the industry but then who can predict what you will think. ted