Originally Posted by
Popeye0537
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!!
And when consumers seek the lowest fares, and legacy carriers are price matching us, that’s pricing pressures.