Originally Posted by Skyw

LCCs are going to kill mainline! It's math. Pax have no desire to pay a few dollars extra for mainline flights that offer nothing special in terms of value. LCCs will have an easy time recruiting new pilots in the future because they are growing fast and offer quick upgrades. Look at European LCCs, all they hire is 20 year olds flying 737s and paying them as much as RJ pilots make in the US. Norwegian Air is expanding like crazy in the US. Captains make 10,000 a month with only 10 days off/mo. FOs make 5500/mo. It's a cool airplane to fly so they are having no issues staffing the bases with RJ pilots that couldn't get hired at mainline. There is a reason United stock went down 12% today. You can thank the LCCs!