Originally Posted by
andy171773
...Who in their right mind would want to pay an entity that you 100% own the cost of doing business..when you could pay a little extra for a direct competitor's new billboard saying how much Delta sucks and that you should fly their shiny jets?
I don't know about you, but why should I pay my son $10 a week to mow the lawn, when I could pay the neighbor $20 a week to do the same job...It just doesn't make sense.
PSH and you pilots think you understand economics
Problem is, a better analogy would be "why pay my son $20 per week when I could pay the neighbor $10 a week to do the same job..." That is a better representation of the issue Delta has...that being said, I agree that you should keep as much in house as you can, because there are advantages to that beyond simple cost per block hour, much like there are long term advantages to paying your own son, even if it cheaper to pay the neighbor in the short term.
But the point of my post is to point out that your analogy is inaccurate.