Originally Posted by
YYZguy99
It seems as though we are but allow me to ask you two questions:
1. how many Rouge flights you have done; and
2. where you get your cost information from as my data surely does not line up with yours (20% plus reduction in operating expenses) nor that comes from a relative that does route analysis for a major global airline. I can see the cabin crew but that is not a large part of what of the operating expense.
Thank you.
Going against all of my better judgement, I will reply to your questions:
1) have been on 3 Rouge flights, one 767 and 2 A319. I have also suggested on this very forum that my last flight on ML should be immediately Rouged, for reasons I will not get into here.
2) "Air Canada has estimated that the Airbus A319 and the Boeing 767 aircraft in Air Canada rouge’s operating fleet has a 21% and 29% lower CASM, respectively, than the mainline-operated Airbus A319 and Boeing 767 aircraft. This lower cost structure level is driven by increased seat density of Air Canada rouge-operated aircraft, lower wage rates and more competitive work rules in labour agreements, and by reduced overhead costs." Source:
http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/in...014_MDA_q2.pdf
Now please. We will never see eye to eye on this. So can we agree to disagree?