Originally Posted by
Nantonaku
I think they will go about it a different way, when they are done pillaging the regionals they will go back at the Majors. That is why this job will never pay off for the current generation of pilots, the airlines will never return to the glory days. They did their damage at the Major level after 9/11 and now the regionals have been feeling the wrath the past 5 years. After the regionals fall apart in the next 5 years they will refocus on the Majors. If they are willing to lie, steal and cheat to take pennies from pilots living just above the poverty line why would anyone expect them not to exert these same forces on the top dogs of the industry?
I think what will happen is that Major Airlines will be mainly marketing companies and control the ticket sales. If you look at it, they don't really own anything to begin with. I think there is a business model around simply selling tickets and outsourcing all of the other work to other companies who bid for the job, including flying.