Originally Posted by
lolwut
This chart is worthless.
Based on what airlines have negotiated in their agreements with the majors, they pay different costs. Some have the mainline carrier paying for their airplanes, pilot training, etc, while others do not.
Carriers that don't bear as many other costs are going to have a higher percentage of costs be for the crew.
Another conclusion to draw from this chart: maybe Eagle has done a good job lowering their non-labor costs, and Republic and others less so. Since we are wholly owned, a lot of our training and other costs could be cut by "synergies" with AA, making labor a larger piece of the pie. A table like this was clearly made with a motive.