Predictions for end of 2008

[Draginass]

Oil: $150-160
Dollar: Up sightly
Inflation: 7% and rising
Housing Market: relatively stable at low levels
President: Obama, by a comfortable margin
War: Status Quo
Airlines:
Furloughs: AA, UAUA, NWA/DAL
Failures: United, Frontier, Sun Country
Impending Failures: UAUA, AA
Capacity Cutbacks: 20%
Leisure Market: Down dramatically
Mergers: NWA-DAL but going very badly

 

[AA717driver]

Dragin--Haven't you heard? No furloughs at DAL/NWA. Get with the program... TC

P.S.--When you say UAUA, do you mean USAir? You have United listed as "failed" and "impending failure".

 

[1031Guy]

I would remove Sun Country from your list. With our military business increasing, we're not going anywhere...

 

[~~~^~~~]

I had my predictions written until I got to war.

Iran and Israel are too unstable to predict. Obama might not be the best choice in those waters, but hot head McCain sure isn't. Wonder if Colin Powell will return to public service?

 

[FLYLOW22]

I would remove Sun Country from your list. With our military business increasing, we're not going anywhere...

Ahhhh, but he also predicted Obama.

Military?? What military??

 

[Frank Lorenzo]

I predict us airline executives will make off with tens of millions by the end of the year.

I would like to personally thank the employees of all the airlines for giving, again and again, at the office to support our cause.

Whatever you do, don't stand up for yourselves. Just keep showing up for work and keep taking those paycuts.

Happy New Year!

Frank

 

[Occam's Razor]

Oil: $150-160
Dollar: Up sightly
Inflation: 7% and rising
Housing Market: relatively stable at low levels
President: Obama, by a comfortable margin
War: Status Quo
Airlines:
Furloughs: AA, UAUA, NWA/DAL
Failures: United, Frontier, Sun Country
Impending Failures: UAUA, AA
Capacity Cutbacks: 20%
Leisure Market: Down dramatically
Mergers: NWA-DAL but going very badly

Hey! let me try!

Oil: Exce$$ive X 10
Dollar: Euro X -10
Inflation: 4%
Housing Market: Below glidepath, correcting...
President: Bush, until January 20, 2009 (I read that in the Constitution)
War: Status Quo
Airlines:
Furloughs: American, United, Airways, Continental,
Failures: A few
Impending Failures: see above
Capacity Cutbacks: 12% Domestic. Increases International for a few.
Leisure Market: Down slightly.
Mergers: NWA-DAL
Sports:
Baseball: Twins win World Series.
Basketball: Celtics
Football: Colts win. Vikings spend another Christmas at home...(sigh).
Hockey: Another non-Canadian team packed with Russians.
Lacrosse: Ha! Ha! Who cares?
NCAA Football: Notre Dame loses 8. Ohio State loses 1...the Championship. (Minnesota loses all 6 I attend)
NCAA Basketball: The Bobby Knight coached Embry-Riddle Nimrods defeat Duke (3OT)
Soccer: Still unwatched...
Golf: Tiger wins British and PGA. (US Open won by a "nobody" using only a 7-iron and a weed-whacker)
NASCAR: Points champion determined by a fistfight on November 16th at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

 

[Draginass]

Dragin--Haven't you heard? No furloughs at DAL/NWA. Get with the program... TC

P.S.--When you say UAUA, do you mean USAir? You have United listed as "failed" and "impending failure".

Opps. UAUA should be US Air. Hard to keep up with the BKs.

 

[Soverytired]

Poorly managed bankrupt airlines that go away forever: 0

 

[Ocity]

deep, deep furloughs for everybody but SWA and Alaska.

Frontier Gone,
Virgin, Gone
Spirit, Gone

US Air BK most likely to liquidate.
United BK
American BK
Delta/NWA Hanging on by a toe nail
Continental...? who knows.

It all depends on who goes into the history books first. That will take the pressure off the others.