Originally Posted by
OTZeagle1
Economies of scale play a major role in viability and the sustainability of costs. Scale alone creates synergies and the vastness of the network and mileage plan allows for a significant number of points for those cost pressures to be alleviated and consumed.
Going forward in the current market though, I don’t see Alaska being able keep cost discipline with its pilots as the current market will not allow it. They will have to pay market rates to attract and keep this workgroup.
A surprisingly coherent post from the Eagle. Must have caught you before 5pm.
That said, I disagree. Pilots are cogs in the machine, and scaling doesn't synergize in flight operations. In fact, quite the opposite. Hence, the push for things like single fleet.
On its face, it sounds like a good excuse to accept the Alaska Discount, but like most things that you post... A complete fabrication.