Big John wrote in
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:55:19 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

British Airways has admitted flying dozens of "ghost flights" across
the Atlantic, with only pilots and cargo aboard (and no passengers),
because it doesn't have the crews to staff the flights with
passengers:

http://www.emailthis.clickability.co...ap=viewThis&et
MailToID=2055276864&pt=Y

Some of the ghost flights are apparently flown just to keep slots at
major airports active, even though every ghost flight burns tons of
fuel.

Why don't they just hire more FAs? Or--like several other
airlines--do they make so much from hauling cargo across the Atlantic
that they don't need passengers to turn a profit?


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As I read the article, they can dead head west and carry full
passengers east and still make a profit on round trip.

Bertie. Couldn't you call what they are doing, positioning, which is a
common activity in the Airline/Commercial business?


Yep. We do it quite a bit, in fact. Lots of different reasons but they're
commonplace.


Bertie