Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
This is a real airline and it doesn't work that way. We are a cost and also happen to be the highest cost labor group but a small blip on the overall cost radar. They can afford an industry leading contract easily I assure you.
I think everyone agrees they can easily afford it, I don't see how they will be willing to pay it short of a strike (which I'm not adverse to btw).
I would imagine the concern is, Spirit compete on price, and price alone. Nobody flies spirit for the experience. If there's industry standard labor cost across the board. Then Spirit is another SWA with God awful service and a different pricing scheme. Even still with a relatively lower fares. A new braniff or people express with 2/3 the labor costs could literally within 10 years wipe out spirit by pricing the duplicate routes $10 cheaper.