Originally Posted by
Hawk1G
Just out of curiosity as I’m not a Frontier guy…would a contract the likes of this perhaps threaten Frontier’s ULCC business model?
Pilot pay is a small part of our cost structure. And as United's Kirby said, it's a pass through cost. Maybe they have to raise ticket prices a couple bucks to offset it....but so is everyone else. ULCC is a model that is relative to its peers. If there are raises industry wide and those are pass through costs, then our costs to consumer will still be proportionately and significantly lower than others. Operating a single fleet type, operating a majority NEO fleet, offering "a la carte" tickets/services....this is what makes us a ULCC....not what we pay our pilots.