Originally Posted by
tallpilot
That’s an interesting point. Labor is a bigger unit cost for pax carriers but it’s the freight haulers with the cash flow for the cap ex.
Freight haulers may have the cash flow at the moment, but I guarantee my employer won’t fork out the money for brand new A350s. Pilots flying functional Boeing products and old Airbus and Mad Dogs are way cheaper than buying a fleet of insanely automated 350s. Unless they could get them cheaper than a new -8 (or replacement for the MDs), it’s not gonna happen.