Originally Posted by
Hugedouche
I would totally disagree... He gave the corporate line, it is not in his perview at this point to show and or talk about forward guidance that increases casm. And "John" was playing his role
Disagree. He mentioned keeping 319s or more accurately smaller gauge aircraft for small-medium sized markets, that would change CASM, he mentioned decreasing aircraft utilization and increasing aircraft spares, these all have effects on costs. I would say he very much talked about forward guidance.
As far as pilot costs on CASM, they do have an effect, but the effect is not as pronounced as the "perceived" effect they'll have. Not even close. I truly think he hasn't been brought up to speed on current pilot contract negotiations, this is probably understandable.