Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Our seat pitch and recline are basically exactly what they were averaged across the fleets 30 years ago. Cramming more seats in is a myth of the news and what some ULCC’s have done. American opened their coach seat pitch from 31 to 34 years ago because the public said they would pay for it. They lost their ass and eventually went back to a 31 inch pitch and the press leaped all over them for cramming people in even though they simply went back to the old pitch.
So you don't disagree with what I said - cool
This is a new world for this industry coming out the other side of china flu scamdemic. You can't go back and retry the tired playbook. We need to attract people to fly again once we come out the other side. Creative thought. They think they are crammed in their seats and receive ****ty attention and service - that is their perception. They will have choices on who they fly, our networks are not that different from the competition.
Once you get them back then look at twisting the screws again, but you've got to get them to want to fly again once we pass thru the election infection. You and management seem to want to rely on the old "we can command a revenue premium" shtick. I'm going to say now, that will not bode well for us. We need creative solutions. After all, you've said the airline is fighting for its survival. Well I'm from Missouri - show me what they are doing other than furloughs and layoffs - to get us out of the klingon death spiral post china flu.