Originally Posted by
boxmover
What you say is completely true.
Have you met an airline bean counter that gets it? They tend to look at today’s costs an hope luck and low odds will work in their favour.
...and their customers are exactly the same
They know the low cost cheap flights risk a monumental mess up every now and then that leaves them stranded for XX hours in some ghastly place
But they also just hope the odds work in their favour and its not them that get caught.
Its the same everywhere: people complaining how some corporate is cutting services or not doing it "properly" while the same complainers are busy bodging up their electrics, roof, guttering whatever and hope the next purchaser does not notice.
So its circular - each side drives the next, and round and round we for ever lower costs taken from somewhere - 'cos you can have the most wonderful,ticketing,maintenance, backup whatever regime but if you have no customers as they have all gone to the next cheapest down the road you are going bust.