Originally Posted by
01110011
Anxiously awaiting Tumi 5.1 ... and lineholder FSB.
We've already got lineholder FSB. Every time you pass through a hub with more than an of hour of sit time, you are FSB. That overnight to FLL? Sorry, you just got reassigned to a DTW overnight.
Originally Posted by
RaginCajun
Kirby says the Delta agreement will push pilot wages up across carriers and be passed onto consumers in the form of higher airplane ticket prices.
"The biggest news for an investor perspective is cost convergence in the industry means that what is different now is all the low cost carriers are going to have come up to these much higher pay rates," Kirby said. "This is going to wind up like oil prices -- it's going to be a pass through."
Kirby said demand is still strong for airplane tickets, which he noted are cheaper today than over the last 15 years.
"Prices are still in historical terms 40-50% lower in real terms," Kirby said. "They are going to go up but it's still going to be the best value of your travel," he said, comparing flights to hikes in hotels, rental cars and theme park tickets.
That's what I've been saying. Charge the customers more. I occasionally hear a passenger complain about 'high ticket prices'. Screw 'em - they don't care that we haven't seen pay raises for years; we've been subsidizing those lower air fares. Covid airfares are over.
My comments from reading this entire thread:
No matter how good the contract, there will be some item for everyone to be unhappy.
My personal heartburn is making the new contract even more complicated with a bunch of add pays. I'd love a contract that doesn't require a lawyer to interpret it.
I see some rumors here about what's in the next offering. I'll wait to read it before I believe any rumors.
We'll have a new contract soon enough.