GXER.....very interesting link.
The common thread among posters was their appreciation of getting value for money, particularly the individual who is proud to book tickets months in advance for 1 Euro a time.
I would be loathe to eat a fast food hamburger offered for 1 Euro............(how could I be sure of the origin of the meat or the age and contents of the frying fat for example, let alone the hygenic habits of the cook !).
So where low cost means no newspapers, drinks, bags and boarding cards and this is visible to the punters then they can make a straightforward and informed evaluation.between service providers.
But if all the cost components taken in to consideration in running a safe airline are reviewed, then surely lower cost must be eating in to the efficacy of these operations and therefore the punter who is proud to pay 1 Euro or 26 Euros is surely gambling based upon an area of operations about which they can have little or no knowledge and therefore can have no informed opinion on what "value" they are receiving.
Last edited by rmac; 14th Oct 2009 at 16:42.