Originally Posted by
SkyKing466
To be fair I think the consumer brought a lot of this on themselves. Only want to pay $89 to Orlando? That's what you get. As far as delays, wx and equipment with 10,000 moving parts is a factor of our industry many others don't have to deal with. Of course there is still room to improve though.
No I believe the industry has brought this problem on themselves. The first rule in any business is knowing the segment/market you're attempting to attract. The US airline industry are competing against each other for passengers who otherwise would take the bus. Raise the fares sufficiently and you will see passenger traffic at 1970's level. In the 1970's very few legacy or major carriers in the US had aircraft fleets of a hundred or more aircraft, it was more like 60 to 80 aircraft. You also wouldn't need so many employees including pilots. Careful what you wish for because it may come true.