why low cost carriers have cheaper fares...
Sep 9, 2002 | 2:03 pm
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why low cost carriers have cheaper fares...
Check this out:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/805520.asp
It looks like labor costs have at least a thing to do with it:
The captain on the United flight earns $16,350 to $18,000 a month, according to Air Inc., a pilot-placement service. The JetBlue captain makes $6,800 a month. Uniteds senior flight attendants on the plane earn more than $41,000 annually, compared with JetBlue attendants pay of $16,800 to $27,000 a year. Even lodgings for the crews in Oakland are different United pilots hotel rooms cost $42 more a night on a walk-in basis.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/805520.asp
It looks like labor costs have at least a thing to do with it:
The captain on the United flight earns $16,350 to $18,000 a month, according to Air Inc., a pilot-placement service. The JetBlue captain makes $6,800 a month. Uniteds senior flight attendants on the plane earn more than $41,000 annually, compared with JetBlue attendants pay of $16,800 to $27,000 a year. Even lodgings for the crews in Oakland are different United pilots hotel rooms cost $42 more a night on a walk-in basis.
