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Old 08-03-2016 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Trowserchilli
Really?

That goes for nearly every airline on the planet.

On a positive note for ULCC's Alegiant bus & 80 pilots earn more than their peers at DAL.

This is a good read:
Why Good News for Travelers Is Killing Airline Stocks - Fortune

I predict within 5 years Frontier and Spirit will have merged. That combo will be unstoppable.
Perhaps, that is the gamble of this career.

The fortune article laments that earnings growth is not occurring, hence the stocks will stall as earnings growth is generally required for higher share valuations. It does say that ULCC carriers are trashing yields on certain new markets, but that the legacies are fighting back rather than conceding the budget traveler, which is costing them some of their coveted billions in profits.

I don't know about unstoppable, but I do hope that NK and Frontier merger you speak of will allow their pilots to negotiate to become the worlds best paid/QOL Airbus pilots on the planet, then they will have my utmost respect and admiration in addition to receiving total consciousness on your deathbed which will be nice.
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