Originally Posted by
BiffleBalls
If you come to Frontier you should plan to live in base. This airline absolutely BLOWS for commuters. It's all a bunch of one and two day trips that are hard to string together unless you are senior or a talented and dedicated keyboard warrior on Flica which is an outdated web application and a total pain in the sac to use on a mobile device. I heard we hired a fired Allegiant employee that does our system schedules now, that should tell you a lot about what is going on with our BS pairing pool. If you commute you WILL need a crashpad unless you want to buy hotels at the last minute. Even if you think you have a commute in the bag it can be dashed because we don't have enough ramp personnel to park aircraft (or other issues) and you end up waiting for a gate. If they want this place to be a career destination they will have to improve the pairings and many other festering issues or people will simply keep moving on.
I agree but I don’t see that happening. The amount of money they are probably saving on hotels compared to our competitors is probably pretty dramatic. And since we are so cost focused that’s that. Unintended consequence is what you discuss and people leaving who would have stayed if they could commute. I’m guessing their multiple base strategy helps to offset everything but only if they stay viable and open.