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Shoulda gone with the gliders.

Diffenderfer did not have operational experience. The Skybus model is valid. Skybus was the best funded startup airline in U.S. History. Yet it failed in less than one year of operations because of mismanagement not oil prices or the economy. SKybus failed as a result of poor employee relationships (pilots were ready to unionize); overly agressive expansion;iving routes time to mature; expansion of routes based on whim rather than research (e.g. Niagra Falls, Hudson Valley, New York, Chatanooga, TN., Gary, Indiana) poorly trained ground crews, new routes announced and then discontinued or cutback before and after tickets were sold, poor scheduling of aircraft, stranded passengers caused by mishandling of equipment by poorly trained ground crews and overly aggressive flight scheduling, route cancellations after tickets were sold and so on. As a result of these numerous failures of managment, the flying public lost confidence that Skybus could get them to point A to point B on time or anytime. As a result, forward bookings dropped dramatically. The founder says he can turn it around. I hope he gets the opportunity because the model is sound.

Diffenderfer did not have operational experience. The Skybus model is valid. Skybus was the best funded startup airline in U.S. History. Yet it failed in less than one year of operations because of mismanagement not oil prices or the economy. SKybus failed as a result of poor employee relationships (pilots were ready to unionize); overly agressive expansion;iving routes time to mature; expansion of routes based on whim rather than research (e.g. Niagra Falls, Hudson Valley, New York, Chatanooga, TN., Gary, Indiana) poorly trained ground crews, new routes announced and then discontinued or cutback before and after tickets were sold, poor scheduling of aircraft, stranded passengers caused by mishandling of equipment by poorly trained ground crews and overly aggressive flight scheduling, route cancellations after tickets were sold and so on. As a result of these numerous failures of managment, the flying public lost confidence that Skybus could get them to point A to point B on time or anytime. As a result, forward bookings dropped dramatically. The founder says he can turn it around. I hope he gets the opportunity because the model is sound.

Diffenderfer did not have operational experience. The Skybus model is valid. Skybus was the best funded startup airline in U.S. History. Yet it failed in less than one year of operations because of mismanagement not oil prices or the economy. SKybus failed as a result of poor employee relationships (pilots were ready to unionize); overly agressive expansion; not giving routes time to mature; expansion of routes based on whim rather than research (e.g. Niagra Falls, Hudson Valley, New York, Chatanooga, TN., Gary, Indiana) poorly trained ground crews, new routes announced and then discontinued or cutback before and after tickets were sold, poor scheduling of aircraft, stranded passengers caused by mishandling of equipment by poorly trained ground crews and overly aggressive flight scheduling, route cancellations after tickets were sold and so on. As a result of these numerous failures of managment, the flying public lost confidence that Skybus could get them to point A to point B on time or anytime. As a result, forward bookings dropped dramatically. The founder says he can turn it around. I hope he gets the opportunity because the model is sound.