Airline second quarter financial results (some surprises).

[DemoTex]

Plus side:
Southwest Airlines ... net income of $113 million
US Airways ... net income of $34 million
JetBlue Airways ... net income of $21.5 million
AirTran Airways ... net income of $16.8 million
American Airlines ... net income of $6 million
America West Airlines ... net income of $5.7 million

Minus side:
Alaska Airlines ... net loss of $1.7 million
Continental Airlines ... net loss of $17 million
Northwest Airlines ... net loss of $182 million
United Airlines ... net loss of $247 million
Delta Air Lines ... net loss of $1.96 billion

Delta lost $1.96 billion? That's $21.8 million a day! That's almost a million dollars an hour! Is Ken Lay running Delta now?

[Veggie Meathead]

1. Why doesn't Delta outsource all the jobs like ticketing agents,

pilots and cabin attendants to India?They already outsource all their reservations and call centers.A little extra push and turn a loss into oodles and oodles of profits.

[gasperc]

2. wow Delta is in a world of hurt

[DemoTex]

3. If the numbers being reported are correct

They aren't long for the world.

[lostnfound]

4. Fuel is WAY up, Delta's fleet is inefficient; ticket prices are down.

And I think they had some 'special charges' -- one time writeoffs, not all cash out the door.