UNI cancels Commando Raid

[Newsbreaker]

Re: UNI cancels Commando Raid

Seriously? There have to be plenty of charter companies who would love the business. Find one, and I don't care if it's Iowa based, or if the brother of the company's President works at UNI...whatever. Find one that's more flexible.

There doesn't "have to be." Those companies are feeling the squeeze in a major way right now, and there are fewer of them all the time.

Going out-of-town only jacks the price way, way, way up. You have to get them to fly (expend thousands of dollars worth of fuel) to get to Waterloo, then to Carbondale, then to Waterloo, then back home.

It's going to be very difficult for an out-of-town charter company to come close to being competitive with a local outlet. That means, you have to take what they can get you, as they're flying any profitable flight they can find...which might mean waiting for the plane to get back and be ready to leave again.

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: UNI cancels Commando Raid

UNI bids out their charter services to get the best deals from what I know. They don't 'buy local' just to keep money here. They have to get the best deals to keep their program afloat.

[mamacat]

Re: UNI cancels Commando Raid

Don't they remember what happened when they were almost late for the Arizonia game I think it was a few years ago. That was when Farley said he wasn't flying out the same day again because they were almost late for the game.

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: UNI cancels Commando Raid

Don't they remember what happened when they were almost late for the Arizonia game I think it was a few years ago. That was when Farley said he wasn't flying out the same day again because they were almost late for the game.

I was on that trip, and it was a nightmare. They didn't even get a pre-game meal. Not to mention that we didn't even get home till 5:30/6 in the next morning cuz then we couldn't fly out right away after the game.