I think most are missing the whole concept of LCC.
Some years ago now it was very expensive to fly & only the rather well healed could do it on any sort of reg basis.
Enter the LCCs. Fantastic look at those cheap fares!!! Move people by bulk. We don't care if we have to wait in a tin shed, get zero service, be crammed in like sheep, have to pay for every add on inc baggage as we just wanna get there for the cheapest price, this is amazing bring it on, enter the flourishing LCC who can't get enough seats into the air.
Enter the now expectation some years latter that we want better service, better facilities & more choice yet still keep the above comments in place.
Trouble is every man & his unwashed dog travels by air these days it's just like hoping a train or tram (which has poor service) BUT now the Joe Public are so used to cheap fares that it's the norm & they now expect better service, they have forgotten how it came about that they got to pay less than the cab fare to the airport to go to the Gold Coast for Eg, something not that may years ago was unheard of.
We have such a lazy & disposable society these days, everything at our fingertips mostly cheap inc travel yet we want & expect the top shelf service to go with it all.
We don't have enough population to traverse this far & wide brown land of ours to spread out the costs yet the same infrastructure & a lot of the costs are needed whether to fly a 1000 people or 100000 people to the same destination. Fuel costs the same, maint costs the same & all the other associated costs are the same & are not discriminatory, LCC full service they are both in the same boat.
The bubble has burst & the Airlines are just about run out of air to keep the bubble inflated, someone has to go.
Their all losing money, QF I expect will lose over a $1Billion+, Jesus have we got ourselves in a bloody mess !
Wmk2
Last edited by Wally Mk2; 25th Jul 2014 at 08:20.