Originally Posted by
jamesholzhauer
“It’s not like a 74-seat airplane that’s a scope airplane like the 175. It’s a fine airplane, but it’s not optimally sized for CASM because their pilots make the same, their maintenance is the same. Their capital cost isn’t more, burns a little less fuel because it’s lighter but they have basically 50 less seats than we do. That allows us to charge lower fares and stimulate the market.”
I assume he’s talking about this.
It is a disingenuous statement. Implying that breeze's competitive advantage is atleast partly provided by pilots accepting sub par wages.