Originally Posted by
captnate702
I am fighting the same fine over here at G4. But doing some digging on legacy revenue streams and economy of scale actually depressed me more. G4 today spends more on pilot labor as a percentage of overall revenue than delta. That is how massive the revenue bump of the CC and international first class flying is for the legacies.
That and in my personal opinion, they are too big to fail or get gobbled up by another carrier. so they are able to operate with a different growth mode than a mom and pop shop like Allegiant
I completely agree. As Spirits Ted said something along the lines of, “it’s not a fair fight.” I believe the only realistic way to compete going forward is via mergers or depressed labor costs. As such, here we are.