Originally Posted by
PulledBreaker
It looks like Indigo is starting a Chilean ULCC as well. I think it's foolish to doubt that our order book is about to get carved up.
I seriously doubt they will, however I wouldn't be surprised if this "new threat" was mentioned in super secret NDA contract negotiations. "Sorry ALPA negotiators, Indigo has informed us if we can't get a low-rent pilot contract that the entire company will not be competitive and Indigo will be forced to give our aircraft orders to their new Chilean and Canadian ULCC
start-ups." It will be complete bullish!t and unfortunately some would believe it. However, I do believe that most of our union representatives and negotiators are senior enough to say "Eff the growth, that's your problem! Give us our pay and benefits!" And maybe that goes for the junior pilots as well, nobody wants a long-term career with Frontier under a sub-par contract. Get the right contract, screw the management threats, and let the airline operation determine the level of success moving forward; this pilot group is done subsidizing labor cost for Indigo ownership.