f 2002 represents 95 percent of the industry's total losses. United lost $47 on every passenger that boarded one of its planes. The airline burned through an average $7 million of cash each day while rival American Airlines burned $4 million to $5 million per day. American Airlines planned to park 42 of its 800 aircraft in the desert in 2003, stating that doing so will not require it to cancel a single flight. Delta plans to idle many planes and lay off 8,000 employees.
             2. Growth always brings challenges to a business, and so it is with Southwest. Southwest's size makes it hard to maintain the underdog status that kept employees finding big and
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