Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Did you ever think the reason why F9 closed ORD and NK shrinking ORD has something to do with it being a legacy hub with extreme pricing pressures, well known, from Legacy carriers?
Have you seen the stagnant DFW growth for the last 5 years as AA and SWA continue to price match any Spirit flight?
If anything, a larger airline that will be NK and F9 will give the new company more flights and firepower at these legacy hubs.
There is zero reason for NK to realign their bases with F9 before an approved merger just for the sake of “doing it” for the merger. No merger is 100% and no way they start to close bases because F9 wants them to, prior to the completion of the merger.
We can’t hire to staff
We have pricing pressures in specific legacy hubs
The company will move assets to bases where they can make money
Our competition is not Legacy carriers for one. It's the budget friendly passengers who like a low cost ticket no matter what. What pricing pressures are you referring to? Landing fees, Jet bridge's, Fuel? If that were true why when the realignment of Terminal 5 came up we acquired MORE gates.
Your right, we can't hire to staff and what makes us more attractive to pilots? A Midway base or ORD. LAX or ONT, DFW or ?? Bases in major metropolitan areas with numerous flights to them get you applicants, not satellite ones like KONT!!