Originally Posted by
LifetimeCFI
I don't care to listen to the argument that we don't make as much as legacy carriers so we shouldn't be paid as such.
It's low cost. They don't need to make as much as a legacy carrier to pay us. They're talking up double digit margins on the horizon. They champion their cost advantage against the competition. They've essentially given away their hand. It's time to pay up.
If you're not an F9 pilot and just stirring the pot here from your cushy legacy job, I'm especially uninterested in hearing about it.
I don’t
like to hear that either. And nobody, not even management, is arguing that we
shouldn’t get or don’t
deserve a great contract. We deserve the best contract possible.
The reality is that what we want costs money. So like it or not, how much money F9 makes determines what they
can pay us. And that’s what matters. Not how much someone thinks they
should pay us.
We deserve a great contract. But we won’t get one that’s just not financially possible with RASM less than half of the legacies.
These are really just sort of adult facts that should be kept in mind throughout all this. Some financial analysis from either side vis a vis contract affordability would be much appreciated.