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Old 02-01-2014 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by gloopy
There's not enough room for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of growth narrowbodies from JB and others not even counting the inevitable overly ambitious widebody order from JB and/or SW one day.
So will Delta be downsizing to make room then?
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Old 02-01-2014 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by shoelu
So will Delta be downsizing to make room then?
All those new two class, 76 seat RJ's have to go somewhere...
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Old 02-01-2014 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by shoelu
So will Delta be downsizing to make room then?
That's the issue. The LCC's are banking on the legacies gifting them capacity, or at the very least forcing someone's hand with merger mania to buy off a competitor.

A year or two ago I would have been very concerned the legacy airlines (very much including SWA) would have yielded to the young buck marketshare poachers but the tide had apparently turned. Legacies have hit critical mass where they can bury an insolent LCC or two (each) on any and all competing routes and still post big profits over all.
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Old 02-01-2014 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by gloopy
That's the issue. The LCC's are banking on the legacies gifting them capacity, or at the very least forcing someone's hand with merger mania to buy off a competitor.

A year or two ago I would have been very concerned the legacy airlines (very much including SWA) would have yielded to the young buck marketshare poachers but the tide had apparently turned. Legacies have hit critical mass where they can bury an insolent LCC or two (each) on any and all competing routes and still post big profits over all.
An insolent LCC?
So in your world Lcc's should really not exist right?
I kind of liked your other posts but this is just a very arrogant position.
Good thing you work for a legacy seems you fit the mold well.
Now I have to go and wait for my insolent airline to be killed by a legacy, it was fun while it lasted.
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Old 02-02-2014 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotpayne
An insolent LCC?
So in your world Lcc's should really not exist right?
I kind of liked your other posts but this is just a very arrogant position.
Good thing you work for a legacy seems you fit the mold well.
Now I have to go and wait for my insolent airline to be killed by a legacy, it was fun while it lasted.
It'll be a swift death. Don't anticipate the pain. Just close your eyes. The metal's fairly thin and a little cold. It happens to all of us at so e point. Good luck!
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Old 02-02-2014 | 03:31 AM
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Old 02-02-2014 | 03:51 AM
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Lcc's harm the industry, they act as an anchor for wages and for the airlines.
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Old 02-02-2014 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by CanoePilot
Lcc's harm the industry, they act as an anchor for wages and for the airlines.
OK... so what is the solution then? It is retarded to blame the pilots that are working there. None of them are doing anything different than you or I did, or would be doing if we were in their shoes. Arrogance doesn't even touch the surface of some of the posts on here.
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Old 02-02-2014 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by gloopy
That's the issue. The LCC's are banking on the legacies gifting them capacity, or at the very least forcing someone's hand with merger mania to buy off a competitor.

A year or two ago I would have been very concerned the legacy airlines (very much including SWA) would have yielded to the young buck marketshare poachers but the tide had apparently turned. Legacies have hit critical mass where they can bury an insolent LCC or two (each) on any and all competing routes and still post big profits over all.
That is correct to a degree. There just aren't any more point to point markets where a start up can get a foothold in the industry. Even the poster child for point to point is now interested in markets that historically were not even on their radar. (DCA? Really??? How far out of their model is THAT?) I think the term "insolent" is over the top, but I get what you are saying. It is going to be much much harder for startups from here on...
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Old 02-02-2014 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by CanoePilot
Lcc's harm the industry, they act as an anchor for wages and for the airlines.
Same could have been said for US Airways the past decade, no.? I know all about the MOU rates and the bright future you appear to have ahead over at Airways but LCCs are not to blame for the "legacy" airlines mess post 9/11. It's pretty F'ng laughable to see guys here joke about an airline going out of business when their airline was literally on the brink of extinction a few months ago. How funny would it be then? The amount of douchebaggery displayed by a lot of you guys is comical

(Yeah yeah, I've had plenty of douchey comments I know)
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