Airlines To Passengers: Blame Oil Speculators (try blaming the right people, Congress!)

CBS ^ | 7/10/2008 | Politico

[tobyhill]

Airlines are trying to divert Their frequent flyers' fury to a new villain: oil speculators.

On Wednesday, AirTran sent out an e-mail encouraging their passengers to urge Congress to crack down on commodities investors – labeled by opponents as “speculators.”

“Our country is facing a possible sharp economic downturn because of skyrocketing oil and fuel prices, but by pulling together, we can all do something to help now,” says the email, which went out to members of AirTran’s A+ Rewards Program. “Normal market forces are being dangerously amplified by poorly regulated market speculation.”

[SAJ]

I refuse on principle to refer to that group of 535 thieves and parasites as ‘’the Congress’’.

[dennisw]

THanks!!!

[SAJ]

Wow! That's an amazing ''about'' page that you have!

[dennisw]

Thanks! a lot. I must update some of the photos since they are no longer there..... The website that hosted them pulled them

[Don Corleone]

If airline managers had ANY understanding of business other than how to loot large cash flow enterprises they would have gotten into the fuel futures markets themselves ala Southwest.Los idiotas grandes!

[expat_panama]

"...been around too long to get upset about would-be little tin gods when it comes to the marketplace..."

 

 

                 ...Good attitude.