The Future of Breeze Airways
In 2019, my money was on David Neeleman and the future success of Breeze. Given the wild past 2-3 years, I wonder how Breeze can maneuver through this current economic climate with rising rates, upward pressure on operating costs, and easily the most competitive labor market in decades. There is a bit of enigma behind their financial health because they're privately owned, but we've seen a lot of route cuts and route suspensions in conjunction with new city pairings/route announcements. Part of me thinks this is a good thing in that they're small, agile, and adaptive to following demand. Part of me also thinks this could be just as likely attributed due to an underperformance given all the industry forces at hand.
That said, how is the operation actually going? Are things continually improving and are you guys successfully growing? Are pilots content to stay or are they looking to go elsewhere given the current 121 hiring climate?