Are LCC's ruining avaition
OK I'm a bit of a avaition snob, I have never travelled on FR or EZY but I believe they and other LCC's are going to be the the downfall of airtransport as a means of getting from a to b in comfort and safety.
They are driving down prices which ultimately drives down employee wages and restricts development and modernisation of airports. I'm reliably informed there are a couple of ground handling agents close to going to the wall due to solely to costs verses earnings. There are more people travelling which should mean a bumper time for airports, ground handling and catering companies, but due to the onset of low cost airlines the revenue is not there to sustain healthy margins for the avaiation support companies.
Staff wages in ground support roles are poor in comparison to other industries, which leads to a high turnover of staff who are poorly trained as companies will not invset in staf if a) they leave after a short while and b) they are not getting the income required to retain quality staff. Ultimately this will become a safety issue, even the cabin crews are are worked tirelessly doing multi sector flights and not even getting inhouse training.
Stelios and O'Leary will have a lot to answer for in the future, when the only choice you'll have is EZY or FR then lets see if they are really low cost........ just take a look at Tesco or Asda kill off the opposition then pretend you are the cheapest