Originally Posted by
waflyboy
I suppose it's a bit of a Catch-22: a profitable and sustainable industry is important for the improvement of pay and working conditions. But presently, a healthy industry appears to come at the expense of jobs.
Agreed. It seems that for an airline to be successful they have to be a relatively young carrier with low operating costs. After a few decades they are all bloated with labor costs, operating expenses, and cant compete with the youngins so they wither away. Its a revolving door of "healthy" carriers, especially in regards to the domestic US market.
Here's a really
interesting article on the RAH/Frontier/SWA saga. Looks like SWA is starting to fall by the wayside and RAH might be the next developing carrier.