Originally Posted by
captscott26
High density seating Spirit style is fine for 2-3 hour flights. Wont work on a 7-8 hour leg. Not to mention the increases cost of adding another type, intl training, ETOPS, crew/employee cost increases, etc. Just my opinion...I dont think you will ever see it here, and if you do, it'll be a mistake.
You may be right. Someone will do it successfully in North America. I'd rather see it be us than Norwegian, but it will be done eventually. Maybe B6 or WN will beat us to it. Make flights cheap enough, be it 1 hour or 10 hours, and you will fill the plane.