Re:EasyJet/RyanAir (Score 1)

Another comment without any knowledge: Well done! US air carriers DO get this, and would like to adapt. Unfortunately for them and the traveling public, union rules cripple older airlines; these airlines have the largest number of routes and so are clinging to life, but barely. The newer, more evolved airlines cannot take over the older routes until the old airlines die. Again, the traveling public suffers. As an example, when AA wanted to reduce the time aircraft spent on the ground (which obviously increases profits,) the suggestion was made that flight attendants clean all aircraft during deplaning. The flight attendant union was all for this but wanted more money. The Ground Employee unions were against this because it would mean more job cuts. The option of making more money and perhaps avoiding premature death was too expensive to deal with, so airplanes sit longer and often take delays while some employees are paid to sit on their asses. Unions can be a good thing, but too often metastasize into what they are today.