Negrilsand, I certainly respect your experience in these matters, but please don't misinterpret my points. It was not my intent to malign any airline employee, least of all the dedicated folks who are on the front line and in the air to assure our safety and comfort. Reviewing my post will show how I dared not. In fact, I personally thank all crew members I can as I depart a flight.

My comments were directed at the boardroom denizens and bean counters who keep coming up with more ways to nickel and dime us to death. If that was your role in the industry, then I can understand your indignation at my comments, but I won't apologize for them. The costs you note for gate facilities, taxes and such are given costs of doing business; but please don't imply that the airlines give the flying public something for nothing... they don't. I've never met a corporate executive who liked a government regulation that required added expense or required his company to do anything that it should be doing in the first place.

My informed view comes from my personal experiences over many years as a consumer of corporate and leisure travel. I've seen the evolution of the innards of an airliner from a fairly comfortable coach experience to what's become an obtrusive and dreaded timeframe to be tolerated rather than enjoyed. Same cabin, more seats, less comfort, more profit... that is the continuum. Customer satisfaction surveys have born this out year in and year out.

As for my cynicism on corporate intent, well that comes from years of observation and time served in my own middle management hell, and I'm only too happy to espouse upon it any time I get to vent, now that I'm retired and earned the right to do so. Anyone who believes that corporates are keen on serving their customers at the expense of their stockholders is living in a long lost past.

Reactionary? Probably. Misinformed? That depends on which view, and which information we choose to review. But getting back to the original topic, will airfares drop because of a temporary glut? Opinion... The savings will not trickle down to the flying public.