Originally Posted by
Glenn Would
The response to any asking of scope concessions needs to be this:
If outsourcing more flying truly lowers costs this drastically, why stop at X amount of seats? Why not 100 seats? Why not 200 seats? Why not just outsource all domestic lift to the lowest-bidding regional, all international long-haul lift to the lowest-bidding Star Alliance/OneWorld/SkyTeam carrier, all of who’s contracts become exportable every 5 years. Explain to me why not.
I personally think you are correct.
“They” only wish to sell tickets and spend as little as possible providing the product. If they could figure out how, they would have zero pilots ( and probably any other employees for that matter). All the planes would be flown by “Pilots R Us” temp staffing. No fuss, minimal cost, no long term liabilities, no insurance, etc.
Wall Street would reward them handsomely. The CEO who figured out how to do it would get his picture on the cover of Time. Or at least Forbes or The National Review.