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And if this somehow hurts you at Mother Delta... sorry. Maybe you should have kept those RJs on mainline.
The thing is you aren't choosing between months or years, the timeline for your extinction is the same regardless of what you do. Frontier's problems aren't cost related but revenue related. Your airline, network, and (lack of) frequency is what is preventing you from getting the higher yield passengers that make an airline profitable. You are left carrying the low yielding scraps from Southwest and United in a high oil market and its slowly killing you. Originally Posted by F9 Driver
So if I'm given the choice between collecting a paycheck for months or years - I'll choose years. And if this somehow hurts you at Mother Delta... sorry. Maybe you should have kept those RJs on mainline.
You are exactly like Virgin America, minus the deep pockets, and even they aren't doing too hot. Other small carriers like JetBlue and Alaska are succeeding because they have a bunch of partners who help feed their network. Spirit and Allegiant succeed because they offer something completely different from everybody else.
Frontier is in no man's land with out any partners and a tiny network. The sad fact of the matter is you guys are hosed.
Your $25 million in give backs could be instantly erased if competitors lower fares a few bucks on competing routes, oil climbs a few dollars, or you have some very bad weather, or other operational issue (grounding of a fleet temporarily).
These give backs won't do anything to save your company, its your management and their inability to generate decent revenue that will be your undoing.
FYI: I do not work for RAH