Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
Sadly, UAL may very well go out of business.
yep
SWA is the one aberration to the LCC model. If it was so easy and that was all there was to it why aren't there a bunch of long term SWA clones out there? Other than SWA how many of the other LCC models since deregulation are still in business?
None as successful as SWA, yet.
My whole point to this stupid discussion was that VA and it's employees shouldn't be treated poorly just because they present competition to your airline. You don't have to like it but in a free market society, you're going to face it from time to time. If your legacy carrier is so fantastic, then you shouldn't need to worry. But instead of acting like a child and pointing fingers/calling names, be an adult and let them run their business. If they fail, they fail. I agree, I don't think they'll survive in the long run but that's not, and never was, the point of this discussion.
You still haven't answered my question regarding who at the LCCs have claimed that they pay as much as UAL.