Originally Posted by
Trowserchilli
Make a profit, by offering affordable fares to much of the flying public that wouldn't fly otherwise. It used to be called the Southwest effect, now it's called the Spirit effect. That's what they do well. Before ULCC's there were LCC's which have also done a great job making a profit.
Dragging feet on contracts? Is that a joke? Do we have go there. Damn near every legacy in the country has done that. Seems it was Spirit that paid higher 320 rates than just about everyone in the US after their last deal.
Delta most recently comes to mind on dragging feet and oh yeah one of the most profitable carriers in the country, SWA. Never mind UPS stretching out negotiations for 7 years.
Save me the nonesense.
Delta didn't drag their feet. The pilots had a bad TA that was voted down 6 months prior to the ammendable date. That set us back some. Contract was signed 11 months passed the ammendable date with 18 percent full retro. To me, dragging feet is taking years, then offering signing bonus.