daldude

I hate that question, I have had it twice in the last 2 months. I can never tell if they are that blind to the career of others or they are just trying to make convesation and forget that they are sitting next to a 13 year FO's who are still in the bottom 15% of the seniority list and have another 8 years to go before they can hold the most Jr Captain position in the company.

gloopy

Now is the time to absolutely bury them with capacity and yields. Crush them while those scum are weak and vulnerable. Let them know they have no quarter in any market they chose to fly in. Anything they add, they will do so at a permanant loss.

Its them or us. If that means we have to take a break from YoY growth numbers that are (mathematically unsustainable anyway) then so be it.

DeadHead

The more I read about NAI, the more confident I feel in their failure.
The way a see it.....
1. Massive growth with the first iterations of new aircraft models (A320MAX/B787). Expecting 100% reliability is just dumb.
2. Significant opposition from US/European labor unions and management teams.
3. In house labor issues. Pilots nearly went on strike past November.
Other labor groups not far behind.
4. Unsustainable business model predicated on much higher aircraft utilization through quicker turn times.
5. Not offering meals or basic service will not work well on transatlantic flights. Probably not legal to charge people for basic service and needs, especially when factoring in delays.
6. Inability to quickly and efficiently rebook passengers on other flights. Stranded a bunch if passengers a few times last year and got some bad press about it.

There's a lot of Richard Branson wanna be's out there and I think NAI will ultimately fail.

PilotFrog

Greeeeeeat.

New FAA Rule Bars Personal Use of Mobile Phones and Computers in Cockpit | Frequent Business Traveler

PinnacleFO

SAVE - NASDAQ
Surprising route msp-Dtw from spirit. Do you think delta will respond or just leave it alone because it's one flight. Hub to hub tickets are quite expensive. Could be the start of more flights to places like atl

tsquare

Were you looking in the front window?????

tsquare

redacted... I don't need to get involved.

tsquare

And he is gonna get a raise to $10.10/hour.

tsquare

fixed your post. The reality is that he is a pretty good offensive (in more than one meaning of that word) mind. He will do really well there unfortunately. He better wear a bubble suit when he comes to Knoxville though, I am sure he will get a very warm welcome...

scambo1

AND he's part of the demographic that gets out of bed every morning to go to work while 17%+ of the "workforce" sits around in their underwear with their hand out. Yeah, we're resilient.