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Mar 31, 2020, 6:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Gig103

I am not a fan of Doug Parker and his "never lose money" hubris, but of the US3 I hope it's United that disappears. They're the ones who announced layoffs before the ink was dry on the CARES Act. Oh, and among all US carriers, I'd love to see ULCCs disappear, their model is what got the US3 to move to Basic tickets, and for Parker to Oasisify the planes.

If anything the ULCC model is most of what you're going to get moving forward. ULCCs are generally in stronger positions to ride out recessions than legacy carriers with inflated labor costs and antiquated corporate structures.

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