Originally Posted by
rickair7777
You're forgetting retirements...there aren't going to be a lot any time soon at any LCC.
Also LCC's are limited in that they can only serve city pairs which have enough traffic, and are mostly limited to domestic. A large part of the US population can only served effectively by hub-and-spoke...especially if they're going overseas.
Unless it's an opportunity to live in base, LCC's are mostly a plan B for younger pilots. If you're older then it's more of a wash.
Retirements will just be furloughs from the top.
The LCCs will continue to take market share from the legacies even in good times, and in bad the legacies will get slaughtered.
The data shows this. LCCs are growing significantly faster than the mature legacy market and are taking market share.