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Oil was never a sideshow. The oil price spike earlier this year claimed more victims than any previous recession or even Sept 11th ever did(the data is there for those who wish to google it). More airlines fell as a result of unsustainable fuel costs than could have been possibly predicted. Fuel hedging will do nothing to alevaite those problems over the coming year. Those are the facts. 'Yes' the recession will claim its expected toll in 2009, but the downfall might have been an awful lot less painless, minus obsene fuel costs.
And 'flipping burgers', as you repeatedly suggest, is patronising and condescending. There are thousands of good people(pilots included) out there that are facing unemployment and extremely tough times this xmas and next year. They dont have the luxury of an Ezy pilots salary coming in.
Last edited by MIKECR; 26th Nov 2008 at 23:39.