Yes, that’s a very real possibility.

Don't forget taking inflation into account too. Some people are postponing or canceling their trips due to inflation eating into their budget.

@@jess500texas Exactly, I can see now problem / reason nr. 1 - extreme raise of commodities prices such as electricity, gas, steel, etc. This leads and will continue leading into a big inflation. So even people who normally did not care, they will now set their priorities.

Thank you so much for your kind words, it’s great to have you here! Best of luck with your PPL training if you go for it, it’s a fantastic hobby.

You said you are too old? I think you need to look for more inspirations. You may probably consider it. All the same not for the money but if you really love aviation. I am your age mate and I think all is not lost.

@@innocentanderson2830 Hi there. Of course its not all lost. There are people who are retired, when they decide to become pilots. I mean, you never know. Perhaps I will end up flying a commercial airliner, by the end of my 30's. I used to be a skinny guy who beat cancer, only to then start working out and becoming pretty muscular, while also having developed many other fields of interests. Something I never thought 10 years ago. So you never know where life takes you. Since my life never went according to plan, I hesitate to make any long term plans, as I live today. Becoming an airline pilots starts by learning how to fly cessnas first, and this is where my focus on is currently in regards to myself. Once that is achieved, I can go from there. Currently, I got a lot of things going on and squeezing flight school into that (apart from the finances), is quite challenging. It might be a lot easier in your earlier 20's, but at that time, my parents did a good job in fear mongering me into university, as they viewed any non academic profession as a ticket to a life of welfare or homelessness.

@@MentourNow Thanks Captain :)

Yep, fortunately that’s mostly all lifted now.

@@MentourNow I'll go to Spain this month. Thankfully after July I only need to show my proof of vaccination without this need to book a PCR test.

Fortunately for the Coronavirus, anyway.

Sorry, I feel opposite. Went to Spain several times during pandemic. Yes, there were precautions but less than for example Germany.

Why would you compare US states to individual countries?

The only reason I stopped flying RyanAir is because they no longer allow normal sized cabin baggage for free... This has tipped the scale for me towards other carriers such as Transavia. With the luggage issues at most airports, I want to bring my stuff in my hand luggage... without having to pay a lot extra.

You need the cashflow to make that happen. And I'm not so sure all the Ryanair crew agrees that they are being treated well seeing some of the lawsuits that have been brought to the company in some countries.

@@Hans-gb4mv You got that first part backwards. Treating your employees well gets you the cashflow, not the other way around. I can't speak as to the second part of your post.

Exactly. Maintaining an airline is all about keeping the planes in the sky, and delivering passengers and cargo safely at the destination. That is 100% down to the flight crew and the maintenance crews. Aircraft cost and fuel costs you cannot do much about, so airlines frequently try to get more money by screwing the most important part of the equation, and that is the people. Because that's the only lever they can manipulate effectively. Personally, i think air travel should be substantially more expensive. But that's just me, i guess.

Unlike Qantas

@@grantt4691 I flew Qantas twice, from Los Angeles to Sydney, and when I switched to Virgin I never went back, they were so much better.

If you worked for an airline and they had enough reserves to buy new planes outright and pay workers for over a year who were doing nothing, how well exactly do you think you’ve been treated?

No, I do not work for an airline. I do note that at least one European airline group distributed €billions to shareholders before the pandemic hit and then slashed employees and terms (even with government employment support available). Now, the airline is struggling to recruit staff. Those who have been recruited have little experience and are given no discretion. And the airlines’ operational performance remains poor with repeated cancellations.

Bear in mind it could just as easily have gone the other way. People are expensive and hanging on too long might easily have been fatal

just like the stock market my friend, when shit is hitting the fan buy buy buy, dont sell. 99% of people get that wrong thank goodness.

@@goodbyemr.anderson5065 So absolutely true and great analogy. However, remember, those of us who know when to buy need the other people to sell at the wrong time. You are giving away our secrets! LOL

That is a big ball of string to pick apart. Every company makes different accounting choices for how they categorize each expense, even basic supplies inventory can be fifo or lifo. Then mix in sub-contracts which are common for ground and terminal services. Wet leases, dry leases, revenue from selling extra stuff after a merger. Landing fees and terminal leasing depend on the locations being served. How they manage futures contracts to buffer fuel cost.

When CEO’s make millions the airlines must be ok

@@stratosphere1 Nah, ceo's regularly make millions while driving a company bankrupt.

@@mytech6779 I was thinking more along a broad brush descriptions of airline economics, with a few specific examples. Maybe start with the cost of the flight itself, crew, fuel, landing, etc. How much of an airlines income actually goes to the flights? Then broaden it. Typical maintenance budget, ground crew, agents, and so on.

@prelude610 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZiYn9Veqp2vcWQ.html is an interesting video when it comes to how airline prices flights. It's pre-covid though.

Thank you!

Making tiktok videos in empty hospitals must have been very stressful alright.

@Dave Whelan, sorry to hear that, sir. I agree with your sentiments re: Kit Darby, et al. The industry cried "Pilot Shortage!" for the past 30 years when really there was just a shortage of pilots willing to work for peanuts. Now the industry is reaping what it's sown as people like yourself chose other career paths in order to be able to support themselves and their families. It may be too late for you to go the airline route but have you considered corporate aviation? No mandatory retirement age. I completely understand the bitterness but don't write yourself off just yet. Good luck in whatever you choose to do in life.

@@toddsmith8608 I have a friend that decided to take up flying as career at 58 , he just turned 60 and became captain in a Hawker jet. He told me if I got current he could get me an interview and most likely the job. The starting pay wasn't bad. I had to sit with this decision a few days and decided to pass. If anything I would probably flight instruct. Back in the day I saw flight instructing as a means to end though I really enjoyed it so that's probably the path I would take. Thank you.

Dave: the airline industry thoroughly abused pilots and now cannot operate without subsidies. Those hired now won’t even have an Apache for them to fly when the next lockdown occurs.

Thank you! Glad you liked it

Thank you! Feel free to share it with friends on your social media. It REALLY helps the channel.

I love Canada, as long as you don't go the way of the United States with the extreme nutcase right wing social injustice warriors trying to take over by being criminals liars and cheats.

Air Canada doing bad, as Air Canada does. 🇨🇦 🍁 😓

That makes me super happy to hear! Thank you for your support.

My first 10 minutes of class to become an AME the instructor said if you love aviation you are in the right place. If you are here for the money you should leave now. Wow I really didn’t realize just how much he wasn’t joking. I know more people that USED to be in aviation than I know people that are STILL in aviation.

@@gpaull2 a freind of mine is a pilot in the Canadian air force. He was given the option to leave or stay on for I think 4 years in 2019. Good thing he stayed in the military as he would have been unemployed when covid hit if he entered civilian aviation

Glad you liked it!

Thank you! 💕 I hope I didn’t disappoint

@@MentourNow I wave watched every video you have made, this was just fantastic how you broke everything down. P.S. More colabs with Kelsey please. Edit: I found 74gear on your wave, so thanks for that too.

@@guarami1 unfortunately Kelsey sent me a message a year ago where he just told me he wanted nothing to do with me or my channel ever again. He did not explain why this was and it made me quite sad at the time. So any other collabs are highly unlikely unfortunately.

@@MentourNow I am so sorry to hear that and am also sad. You seem like a very humble pilot, my father was more of an Ego Captain so I appreciate your approach to what you do. Don’t change a thing, you are a GoaT in your arena. Edit: I’m sorry to prolong the convo, but I do appreciate you being active with your community, unlike other creators who we won’t mention.

Jebus, can you imagine being a passenger on an md-80 in this day and age? LOL no thank you!

I didn't know that Delta still operated the MD-80, because they still operate the 717

@@squaaaaak3178 hell yeah! I'd take a ride on one of these mad dogs any day. Especially in the back! 😍 Especially the older ones that still have the cool 400 Hz hum on the PA and the old igniters where you can hear the engine start through the whole plane.

What routes did Delta fly them. I’m young and not familiar with this aircraft.

@@JeanClaudeCOCO if you are referring to the MD-80, basically any route where range and capacity were a good fit. My last MD-87 flight on Delta was from Oklahoma City to Atlanta in 2018.

Very true!

I think this summer will turn out to have been a good summer for most airlines. Thanks for watching

@@MentourNow I certainly hope so! Thanks for the reply 😊

basket case could mean a person who has lost their mind, or a half finished project in pieces like an abandoned motorcycle rebuild... either one works here

@@MrTaxiRob I just wasn’t sure if it was a phrase used outside Australia

@@toddavis8151 Basket Case has been with English speaking areas for a very long time

They generally mothball them in storage if the airframe has some life left in it, otherwise it’s eventually scrapped and made into coke-bottles

@@MentourNow My soda bottle: “I could fly once you know”

@@MentourNow - I guess they can only do this if they outright own them and are not leasing them. Must be some serious tax implications too.

If they don't mothball them, they go to the highest bidder. That could be another airline, a parts dealer, or a scrap yard; it really doesn't matter to the airline selling the plane.

@@WowIndescribable (in USA) Very little tax implication, the value of any capital equipment is deducted a set amount or percentage each year. Usually over about 12 years, but this can depend on specifics. Any income from the sale is counted as capital gains/losses to offset other gains and losses. IOW when they buy a plane this year they do not deduct the whole purchase price from this year's income, they spread the accounting cost over many years. Largely because the plane could cost more than the total company profit for the year and the years that pay for a new plane would see wild swings in yearly tax bracket and apparent profit and cashflow.

That's how it survived. Thousands of tickets extra in their pockets

Wizz also! Their "customer service" is terrible! :(

Not surprised. The price of cheap fares.

Not to defend Ryanair but I had 2 separate tickets for April and June 2020 and got refunded on both. Took 8 months but i did get my money

@@mamijo71 Wizz air still actually owe me £80! And to call their customer service from the UK it's like £1.50 a minute with no email support. :(

I think so as well, there will just be less if it.

And for BA, even if they keep the planes, they can't fully utilize them anyway because Heathrow still suffers understaff problem and now placed a cap of 100,000 passengers per day until 29th Oct that is shared between all airlines.

Some people have travelling as their hobbies on their resumes, so people will also find reason to travel even when deals are not the deal.

Business travel is definitely not going back to 2019 levels, but I think a portion of what remains will also be taken up by business jets. How significant that ends up being will remain to be seen.

Conference traffic and the need to connect in person haven't fully gone away yet. The sales guys will still want to connect in person.

That will likely change if there are new airlines coming into the scene

He does indeed.

@@MentourNow how is Ryanair taught off among pilots ..?

Yeah, Schiphol has had huge problems this summer.

Yes, I understand that but they have asked me not to talk about it since I’m not a spokesperson for the airline. It’s a fine line to walk, I admit that

@@MentourNow Appreciate the reply and that’s a more than reasonable response

As far as I know, Wizz is mostly in European hands.

What about small regional airlines. Can they compete with the big boys for these island hops?

I've flown with them about a dozen times and never had a problem

Same with Wizz.

I've been flying with Ryanair since 1998. Never had any problems with them. I've often looked them up on Google /KZfaq, and like most things in life people only post a problem. If everyone that was happy posted in would brake the Internet, ,

@@alcoyne3333333333333 - I think there's an underlying jealousy thing going on too tbh

Hope you like connecting in Atlanta for every single flight.

What happened on that flight?

Time to get over it my friend,

Low Cost doesn't mean it's cheap for travellers. Low Cost means "operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing operating costs and without some of the traditional services and amenities provided in the fare (from Wiki)". This should and can result in lower fares, but it doesn't necessarily have to. Norwegian is also considered low cost, but it is not always cheap. At least not when compared to Ryanair.

WOW! Really??? You let yourselves be banned from domestic flights, let alone internationally, if you hadn't had the jab, then the jab and the booster, then the jabs, the booster and then the 2nd booster over the course of 18 odd months and now you're telling us that routes got axed and prices went through the roof???? Who could've seen that happening eh 🙄

@@C2K777 I was never banned. I flew thru the pandemic. Most countries like Costs Rica and Mexico only required a double vaccination. The prices haven't "gone thru the roof" They are still close to what they always were... it's just that discount airlines have lost pilots and crews and are no longer able to serve certain destinations. You shouldn't care...you don't seem like the type who can afford to fly plus you are likely unvaxxed filth confined to your sofa so piss off lol

@@C2K777 Some logic leap you've made there to blame this on the vaccines, quite impressive honestly

@@leeriddick7 It is a FACT, neigh, it is recorded in Law that Canada introduced an internal travel ban. One of the elements was a ban on all air travel unless you were not only jabbed but that you were 'up to date' with them. Your ignorance of the facts isn't my problem. Maybe read up a little more before you try looking smart with you passive aggressive little quips son.

That’s pretty much there business strategy every time an airline cuts a service or route Ryanair usually jumps in immediately and picks up the slack

@@thomasbootham2707 Indeed.

Great! Wish him the best of luck from me.

You’re right. I work in a business reliant on business travel in the US and I can say things are still off. Business travel picked up a bit in the spring months just before the summer. Most if not all my friends and colleagues travel and went on vacation this summer and they looked to filled those business class seats but it was for leisure. With all the chaos, inflation, strong dollar, business travel may not rebound or it could be prolonged until next year if things get better and there is a need. That’s why Premium Economy is booming and airlines are reconfiguring planes for this. If the passenger can’t use a company discount or credit card for Business seats he may be tempted to use his own for a more comfortable ride then sit in economy.

Having been in this industry a long time I would say eh yes and no Business travel as it was is dead - yes you are right, that mis was happening but the pandemic speed up the process. We now see a lot less demand than before because people have become used to virtual meetings as a replacement for travel - especially if the fares are high. Also, we have seen that unmanaged travel has exploded while managed has really taken the biggest hit. Managed travel was also the bread and butter - these were big companies with corporate contracts and travel departments etc and they really helped fill the front cabin on long haul international - now the budgets for these companies has been slashed. Unmanaged business travel was always increasing, but this was an uncomfortable truth to the big 3 airlines - my own airline despised unmanaged travel and routinely tried to piss off these types of passengers it seemed by enacting bad policies and procedures that alienated this growing segment. Unmanaged travel usually was from small to medium size businesses, fare and schedule were important so they make not be captured to us, so this segment was highly likely to book with another airline if our fare was too high or schedule inconvenient. At the same time, this segment usually booked on personal credit cards and got reimbursed or used opaque corporate cards so as a passenger we should have had a great opportunity to capture high income passengers who wanted to earn benefits with us and would prefer to book with us for their business and personal travel to the point where they may even hold our credit card in their wallet. You are really talking about the unmanaged travel segment here - they do more than take just a leisure trip a year they travel for work and fun, many times they have say in who they fly with all things being equal, and they clearly have preferences. This segment is expanding and there is an opportunity here to offer business class fares for summer or off season trips to Europe, competitive international business class fares on short haul Latin America so they can check extra bags, or premium economy on a trip to Hawaii. The problem is that for the big 3 their analytics departments are still trying to catch up on how to service this segment.

I felt a bit uncomfortable watching this video because of this, because as a « ness channel », this puts him in conflict of interest, even if the content may be 100% accurate.