Originally Posted by
SeaRider
The problem is the business tactics of Indigo doesn’t allow for foresight or long-term investment. They want double digits and want it now. F9 management has continuously attempted to get there by lowering costs only. A new pilot contract and infrastructure investment would eat into already disappointing margins and would take years to produce ROI. We’ve dug ourselves too deep in a hole operationally. Hiring BL with a disconnected CEO is the largest mistake ever to occur at F9. I just hope we can survive these clowns. That said, I’m in my mid 40’s, a captain, and am starting to make financial arrangements to be able to start over at a career airline.
Exactly. I genuinely don’t understand the excuses. When it’s all distilled down - if we are operating at a significantly lower cost per seat mile than “the big guys”, and we are currently in the strongest demand environment in history, why are we only able to achieve single digit margins and think that it will get better? None of it jives with all of the ULCC koolaid that has been poured out in the past.