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Re:Remove United from your flight results by redler on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:48PM (#14103734)
It would probably take a day to arrange, and then coat about $15,000 per flight hour. Not the quickest or most frugal option.
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Re:Remove United from your flight results by selectodude on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:48PM (#14104010)
They're flying to Kentucky, not Tokyo. They're not using a Gulfstream G650. $5k/hr max.
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Re:Remove United from your flight results by neurotech1 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:41AM (#14104417)
If United (Or Republic Airline) flew an Embraer 170 (same as 3411) just for the crew that needed transport to Louisville, the cost would be about $5k for a round trip. The E170 costs about $2500 an hour to operate.

Stupidly, The cost of the likely lawsuits (even from lesser incidents, that didn't involve beaten passengers, just extremely annoyed passengers) often negates any cost saving for the airline.

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