Originally Posted by
johnso29
These clowns can't make up their minds. BTW, there's no over-capacity in the US. Planes are PACKED right now.
I know you know this Johnso but full planes are no accurate reflection on capacity...
There never has been over or under capacity, just under revenue.
Unfortunately if you cut capacity to fix revenue you end up in a zero-sum game: A low margin business with reduced volume (capacity) means already low margin is further reduced.
For contract time we will hear all about how CASM is up, RASM is down, etc.
Let's keep in mind the DAL pilot portion of CASM is 30% less than the WN pilot portion of CASM.
Pilot pay is not what is driving up cost...
Cheers
George