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Those same thoughts existed during the last round of negotiations for the current contract. The argument being that Indigo has already earned their investment back tenfold.Originally Posted by Dragonslayer69
It seems a ULCC, at least according to BB, means run the airline as lean as possible until the engine starts to sputter then back it off just a hair. Just enough to keep things somewhat functional. With that philosophy I wonder f the union and F9 could ever see eye to eye. I wonder if negotiations could reach a point where Indigo just says, ""F" it. Pull the plug, liquidate the assets, write it off on our taxes and let's look for the next investment."
The other side of that coin is that there is quite literally nothing to liquidate. Frontier Airlines is a paper airline without any real assets. The name exists on an ops certificate and decaled on the side of the planes. Beyond that, everything Frontier has is either leased, rented, or borrowed. Closing shop overnight would cost them a significant amount of money for broken lease agreements, etc.
If Indigo wanted out, they would likely sell it off… and it would be to another investment group. That could mean good things, or it could make you actually miss Indigo. Heck, it could be to Sunseeker and, compared to the Allegiant contract, the current F9 contract looks like Delta’s.