RiddlePilot
New Member
Re: United\'s latest failure...
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instead of starting a low cost airline within an airline why don't they just turn United as a whole into a low cost airline?
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They can't just do that. United is still paying for all sorts of larger aircraft, and the only way that they can keep afloat (as much as they can be right now) is to fly them as much as possible. That means those spankin' new 777s need to continue flying, or else United goes bye-bye.
Besides just the financial issues, there are always labor issues. US Airways ended up going into bankruptcy because their pilots wouldn't even consider flying RJs, as they were flying 737s, 757s, etc. already. If United suddenly announced that it was going to become, say, an all A320 fleet, you betcha the pilot union would have something to say about it.
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instead of starting a low cost airline within an airline why don't they just turn United as a whole into a low cost airline?
[/ QUOTE ]
They can't just do that. United is still paying for all sorts of larger aircraft, and the only way that they can keep afloat (as much as they can be right now) is to fly them as much as possible. That means those spankin' new 777s need to continue flying, or else United goes bye-bye.
Besides just the financial issues, there are always labor issues. US Airways ended up going into bankruptcy because their pilots wouldn't even consider flying RJs, as they were flying 737s, 757s, etc. already. If United suddenly announced that it was going to become, say, an all A320 fleet, you betcha the pilot union would have something to say about it.