I know. It's amazing how quickly people forget that. Look at AAs current A319 rates, they are worse than some LCCs. Isn't that working for subpar wages? It's bankruptcy. United served under a contract where A320 pilots were topped at CA 137/hr and FO 95/hr on the 12th year scale. This went on for nearly a decade. So subpar wages needs to be taken in context. LCC wages, especially a 50 plane operation, should be compared to other LCCs. It's unrealistic an a different scope to compare to a 700 airplane legacy. They have different economies of scale, different structure, different everything.