Attrition
11-22-2022, 07:39 AM
#2651
Line holder
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: On the bus,seat 0A
Posts: 3,356
He negotiated against the AA pilots. Their contract wasn't exactly stellar when compared to DL/UA. Not warm or fuzzy.
11-22-2022, 02:31 PM
#2657
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,920
Sure, and with the hub and spoke system they use it probably works out great.
But we're not Delta. We aren't feeding transient pax into a hub and loading them into a heavy bound for Amsterdam, or an RJ hopping over to Grand Rapids.
Our only base with a significant amount of transient pax is FLL. In all of our other stations people are usually starting or ending a trip in the point to point network.
But we're not Delta. We aren't feeding transient pax into a hub and loading them into a heavy bound for Amsterdam, or an RJ hopping over to Grand Rapids.
Our only base with a significant amount of transient pax is FLL. In all of our other stations people are usually starting or ending a trip in the point to point network.
11-22-2022, 02:39 PM
#2658
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,920
Yeah but you're speaking in terms of outward demand for the locals wanting to leave and visit another part of the country.
Detroit itself is not a destination market that brings people in from all over the country to enjoy whatever it is people do there.
True destination markets (MCO, FLL/MIA, LAS, etc) bring in pax from all over the US and LATAM. DTW brings in people from Michigan returning home from a cruise in Florida.
Detroit itself is not a destination market that brings people in from all over the country to enjoy whatever it is people do there.
True destination markets (MCO, FLL/MIA, LAS, etc) bring in pax from all over the US and LATAM. DTW brings in people from Michigan returning home from a cruise in Florida.
The most profitable airline hubs are large metros with lots of industry/business travel and a large middle class of travelers who go lots of places, only a few of which are Mickey Mouse and Lost Wages. But in fairness that hasn't yet worked for an ULCC, so for them so far the low yield leisure markets are the best they've got.
11-22-2022, 06:46 PM
#2660
Isn’t that a sauce?
Joined APC: May 2022
Posts: 280
Spirit has brand new efficient Neo airplanes coming. The global supply for new jets needed for growth is starting to be difficult to acquire. Multiple articles on this if you search so I won’t include them. What if Spirit’s plan is to sell or lease the older less efficient CEO’s for income stream?
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