Originally Posted by
bababouey
Allegiant is a travel agency with planes, they are not built for the long haul, Delta is a legacy airline that will survive a downturn.
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Allegiant weathered the last couple down turns pretty well, but our route structure was a lot more niche then. We flew to places nobody else flew where we were the only game in town. ("We don't compete with the other airlines, we compete with Home Depot"). Now that we are becoming more of a traditional ULCC in our route structure, and competing head to head with not only the big 4, but other ULCCs, I don't see it ending well. Best hope for younger pilots here is a legacy buyout, but I'm really starting to think a merger among the ULCCs is looking very likely and somewhat soon. If you have more than 10 years left in your career, use allegiant as a stepping stone to a legacy. You'd be nuts to stay and roll the dice on this place. They prove every day that it will never be a real airline.