[QUOTE]I don’t subscribe to the ‘cheap seats at the back’ model[QUOTE]
Albiet on a much smaller scale Air NZ managed to do this fairly well post Freedom Air.
Thier economy class is no different to any other LCC yet they still have a preimum cabin to cater for that end of the market.
The cheap seats down the back model in a QF/JQ scenario will still have the same 'overall capacity' but without the mentioned back office and scedule duplications.
As a pax its the scheduling that gets to me. Im amazed how often Ive seen QF departing within half an hour of JQ then nothing for hours (if at all) afterwards.
Does a true LCC (Ryan etc) have a parent company that it competes with? No. Whats done is done but I have to side with the likes of Air NZ on the cheap seats at the back model.