Somebody's thinking @ AMR

wheelsup said:
Nifty idea -

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12040007/

I paid $40 for a 15 minute cab ride (13 miles) from Norfolk to my apartment in VA Beach...I don't see why $150 is too much to ask for much less hassle and 8 minute travel times :).
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Execs will pay $150 for an eight minute flight to an airport but they'll complain about a several thousand dollar ticket across the country or the ocean. At $18.75/minute ($150/8 minutes) a transoceanic flight at say 12 hours should run $13,500. Huh.

Of course I am surprised American isn't charging $30/ticket for the copter rides and then claiming Southwest is too much competition.:sarcasm:

I'm not going to even mention the start-up capital, iunsurance, salaries, etc. it's going to cost to start this little venture up. It's a pretty risky (financially speaking) venture. Somehow I see pilot pay cuts on the horizon, again, at AA. Oops, I guess I did mention it. :insane:
 
I think if a traffic company can afford to pay for a helicoptor, certainly someone could make a shuttle business work out of it. I think it has good potential.
 
No start up costs or other unusual items to speak of. This is an already established helicopter operator. Helicopter travel for execs is commonplace in NYC. Most of the skyscrapers have heliports. The thing that will sell it is checking in and clearing security at the heliport.

Great idea.

And execs or most other passengers don't complain about fares. They just don't go out of their way to pay more than they have to. D'uh.
 
Well, we'll just see if it's around in two years ...

As far as execs traveling by helo, sure it's commonplace in NY. But I'd wager most of those helos are company owned so why not just use your own helo to jet over to the airport?
 
pilot602 said:
Well, we'll just see if it's around in two years ...

As far as execs traveling by helo, sure it's commonplace in NY. But I'd wager most of those helos are company owned so why not just use your own helo to jet over to the airport?
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Because the companies that own their own helos also own their own jets. These aren't the people that the company is catering to.
 
The type of people that will be on these helicopters are just adding a little pocket change to the really expensive tickets that they've already purchased for the international flight they're going to JFK for.

I think it's a good idea.
 
pavelump said:
I think that the more important question here is can we jumpseat?
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HAHA, seriously that is THE most important question.


Honestly, i like the idea. I think its great when companies start to think outside the box. Instead of just trying to just trying to cut cost through wage concessions, they think of new ways to generate revenue.
 
pilot602 said:
Somehow I see pilot pay cuts on the horizon, again, at AA. Oops, I guess I did mention it. :insane:
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Oh you know there coming. I bet both AA & CO execs are drooling and falling over themselves when they see the cuts coming from bankruptcy extortion at their competitors.
 
pilot602 said:
Execs will pay $150 for an eight minute flight to an airport but they'll complain about a several thousand dollar ticket across the country or the ocean. At $18.75/minute ($150/8 minutes) a transoceanic flight at say 12 hours should run $13,500. Huh.

Of course I am surprised American isn't charging $30/ticket for the copter rides and then claiming Southwest is too much competition.:sarcasm:

I'm not going to even mention the start-up capital, iunsurance, salaries, etc. it's going to cost to start this little venture up. It's a pretty risky (financially speaking) venture. Somehow I see pilot pay cuts on the horizon, again, at AA. Oops, I guess I did mention it. :insane:
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the point of this is not the distance, its the time saved. the 40 minutes execs save by flying is worth alot more than the extra 100 bucks the transport costs. You cant apply your math above to transatlantic flight because there is not other viable alternative to what we have. there used to be the concorde: twice as fast for (more than) twice the cost. they paid it because every hour theyre in the air they are losing money.
 
I think the TWA also did something similiar during the World Fair. I saw a Sikorsky painted in the TWA livery somewhere.
 
flyover said:
And execs or most other passengers don't complain about fares. They just don't go out of their way to pay more than they have to. D'uh.
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Up here in CVG they b---- endlessly about the fares. It's gotten to the point when I meet up with someone new on the golf course...I just tell them I'm in sales. Otherwise I get to listen to an unsolicited rant on how they are getting gouged with enormous fares...and have to drive to KDAY, KCMH, KSDF or KIND.

Of course, the explaining gets a little difficult when the other guy ends up in sales too.
 
B767Driver said:
Up here in CVG they b---- endlessly about the fares. It's gotten to the point when I meet up with someone new on the golf course...I just tell them I'm in sales. Otherwise I get to listen to an unsolicited rant on how they are getting gouged with enormous fares...and have to drive to KDAY, KCMH, KSDF or KIND.

Of course, the explaining gets a little difficult when the other guy ends up in sales too.
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I'll give you that one. Delta has alienated a lot of business travelers in that market. But they complain because they can see other fares within driving distance that are much less. Which gets back to my original point.

Tell them you trade pork bellies. You won't run into too many of them.
 
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