Could not have said it better myself. Flush the turd. Merry Christmas!

Dude. You would take anything MOL says seriously?
Come on.

They only take him seriously if what he says agrees with their desired narrative. Just like the news articles. If it agrees with the desired narrative, then of course it is accurate. If it disputes the desired narrative, then it must be dismissed.

Don't think some people here realize MOL has been a joke of the industry for ages.
Come on, he's the guy who said they will start to charge people for bathroom use, and that he'll sell standing room tickets on his flights.

I don’t like MOL as much as you do most probably, but you should realize that the fee for the bathroom was a way to get publicity for his airline. He always comes up with some crazy weird stuff just to get attention.
And we have to admit , that he predicted the bankruptcy of Air Berlin. So he was not so off.

People had predicting the demise of Air Berlin for about a decade. Predicting the demise of Air Berlin was about as insightful as correctly predicting the rise of the sun tomorrow morning.

LOL. Sure, Lufthansa's interested in Norwegian. Their aircraft at fire sale prices. Did you actually read that six month old article? How about the last paragraph?


Also note where NAS' stock price was at when that article was written. Now note where it's at. If IAG were interested in buying the company, they could easily do it now at a 40% discount. They're not. They, like Lufthansa, will take the planes at fire sale prices but that's it.


Have you lost your job at WoW? You were pretty junior so I'd imagine you've been cut and are now sniffing around for another job. So you're now looking at Norwegian? You remind me of the Independence Air pilots who went to Skybus. Good luck with that plan.

Hmm. How long have people been predicting the demise of Norwegian? Same as Air Berlin.

On the other hand, I love how you buy into the idea that Norwegian somehow got an additional $30 million for leasing its 787. The problem, of course, is that Arctic Aviation Assets, the leasing company that Norwegian uses, is wholly owned by Norwegian. But sure, they've now got another $30 million in cash by doing a sale/leaseback to themselves on their new 787. :rolleyes:
Or that other airlines are interested in buying Norwegian or WoW and continuing to operate them as a going concern. :rolleyes:

The business model of TATL LCC has been proven to not work many times since Freddie Laker; Norwegian and WoW are just going to be the latest corpses. French Bee to soon follow.

Been working full time as a TRI for an ATO for a while now. I am an Airbus guy, so Norwegian is not really an option for me even if I wanted to go there.

As I have said before, Norwegian has placed upward pressure on salaries in Europe. Ryanair in particular has had to significantly increase their pay and improve working conditions due to many pilots leaving for Norwegian. My wife’s company has had to do the same. The collapse of Norwegian would reverse that upward pressure, so I would much rather see them thrive than collapse. Every time large airlines start failing, there is downward pressure on pilot salaries. Back in the early 90s, after the collapse of Eastern, Pan Am, and Midway, it was virtually impossible to get a job in the industry. When I was working on my CFII in the summer of 1992, my instructor was fortunate enough to land a job flying Dormier 228s for Precision Airlines in the Northeast. He had almost 4,000 hours, and had to shell out a $15,000 training bond for a job that paid just $12,000 per year. Personally I don’t want to see that kind of market for pilots ever again, which is why I want to see more airlines and more jobs.

IF Norwegian is putting upward pressure on pilot wages in euroland, that's a euroland problem. No need to export crappy euro wages to the rest of the world.
Norwegian and WoW's business models are doomed to failure.

Downward pressure on wages is definitely not an issue in the US and I doubt it will be considering current regional wages and they're still short of pilots.