Originally Posted by
GPullR
Honest question. If a company pays employees the same as others, fuel costs what it does, and aircraft cost what they do, what's makes an lcc work? You can't charge $49 for tickets when your operating costs are the same as everybody. Business model doesn't work. You can only count on so many people not realizing they have to pay for bags.
It’s already been mentioned but you don’t get it. It’s about utilization. Airplanes not flying at peak utilization is why we aren’t profitable and why the company is even at the table. Paying us delta pay wouldn’t make or break profitability. There are cost advantages elsewhere and utilization is a big part of that.