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>But citing early post pandemic years to make that point feels misleading. Which years should they cite to avoid misleading others? https://www.macrotrends.ne

>But citing early post pandemic years to make that point feels misleading. Which years should they cite to avoid misleading others? https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/UAL/united-airlines-holdings-inc/net-profit-margin https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/UAL/united-airline... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DAL/delta-air-lines/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DAL/delta-air-line... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAL/american-airlines-group/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAL/american-airli... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/LUV/southwest-airlines/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/LUV/southwest-airl... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/ALK/alaska-air/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/ALK/alaska-air/pro... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/HA/hawaiian-holdings/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/HA/hawaiian-holdin... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/JBLU/jetblue-airways/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/JBLU/jetblue-airwa... https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SAVE/spirit-airlines/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SAVE/spirit-airlin...

mint2 3y ago
Those graphs all show a giant anomaly. Cite pretty much any other year than the giant anomaly? I don’t understand what the point was to linking those graphs, they self evidently answer the question. Like the graphs all clearly show the giant anomaly period that was cited.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  saas_sam wrote that the airlines have very small profit margins. Your post implied that the data saas_sam presented did not establish airlines had very small profit margins. The macrotrend links in my post show airlines have had very small profit margins for many, many years.
  - mint2 3y ago
    … okay so yeah yes um ahem. Ahh. reread my first and last sentences a couple times in the first comment. Perhaps try asking an LLM to weigh in on what the comment meant.
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mint2 3y ago

Those graphs all show a giant anomaly. Cite pretty much any other year than the giant anomaly? I don’t understand what the point was to linking those graphs, they self evidently answer the question. Like the graphs all clearly show the giant anomaly period that was cited.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
saas_sam wrote that the airlines have very small profit margins. Your post implied that the data saas_sam presented did not establish airlines had very small profit margins. The macrotrend links in my post show airlines have had very small profit margins for many, many years.
- mint2 3y ago
  … okay so yeah yes um ahem. Ahh. reread my first and last sentences a couple times in the first comment. Perhaps try asking an LLM to weigh in on what the comment meant.
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