Originally Posted by
Mason32
But you're not a comparable mainline carrier. Your a LCC that happens to be operating big aircraft; using a business model that was originally designed to have the company sold off after 10 years. They pay you well because they had no other costs. That will slowly be changing. Get used to it.
So what is your definition of a LCC? Southwest? Virgin Atlantic? Spirit? If that's the case, how are we flying "big aircraft" in comparison? For that fact, you could pretty much toss Alaska into the bunch.
Low Cost Carrier is a very, very poor label for anything in this industry. There's nothing low about the cost, either operating or tickets. In fact, Southwest, the darlings of the supposed LCC scenario, are not even the cheapest when it comes to tickets a lot of the time. With the AirTran merger and headaches going along with that, their operating costs are anything BUT low as well. Spirit? Sure, they're low cost ticket wise, IF you buy it on a fare sale, starve, don't bring any baggage and want to feel like you're freight for the duration of flight....