Lawman said:I agree. But first, we need hear some more whining from Delta telling us how wonderful they are.
Do you ever have anything nice to say to delta or the delta pilots?? Sheeeeeeeesh!
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Lawman said:I agree. But first, we need hear some more whining from Delta telling us how wonderful they are.
TexaSWA said:aa73,
I agree that since we have little to do with the sucess or failure of our companies
furloughfodder said:That is a good one coming from a SWA guy. Here are just a few examples I can think of showing how SWA HATES to compete, and tries every trick in the book to avoid competition:
1. Flies out of Midway, not OHare
2. Scared of flying out of DEN (until recently) uses Springs instead
3. Tries to get approval to fly out of Boeing Field because too many airlines already fly out of Sea-Tac
4. Monopoly on Love Field, starts to cry when another airlines tries to move in
i am sure there are a ton more....
Flopgut said:I have a pretty bad rap on here. I'm sorry. I am not anti SWA. I hope each and every SWA employee continues to enjoy stable and rewarding employment. If any of you were flat broke, broke up, or broke down, I would help you. I just want to see things characterized in their proper respect. Is SWA really that great? Or is what has happened to legacy airlines actually that bad? How is history going to portray things that are happening now? Chases' comments are great, but we sugar coat this economic downturn like it is something normal. As though every event of the last 4.5 years is something we could have prepared for or studied in business school. Nearly every media outlet heralds the success of LCCs and simultaneously assails the legacies like we are some stinking vagrant in the gutter. There is a subtle gleam in the eye of every business news talking head when they speak about lost pensions and dwindling pay and benefits. There is an active lack of challenge to this accepted half truth about how great LCCs are for this country. It is all wrong. Chase: I know you think SWA is just reacting to the market; I think it is more like looting.
The market seems to want to rid itself of the legacy airline. Replace it with the LCC. I don't think that is a good thing from a big picture standpoint. Example: DAL vs. SWA. DAL just ranked in Forbes.com as one of this country's most charitable corporations. Now if there is one airline that you would think would be on this list, you would think it would be SWA. Hardly, I can't even find them on there. (maybe they made the list somewhere, someone find them if you can) Conversely, if you look for corporate charity to be ranked, what does jump out at you is that among large cities, Dallas is ranked as one of the poorest examples of corporate giving. (you will find that AA had to reneg on a bit of giving they had commited to, AA still outpaces SWA in that they offer a way to convert mileage rewards into charitable donations) I guess that what the market is saying is that DAL needs to stop leading airlines in the philanthropy department. Is this a good thing? Good for DAL for trying, sad for SWA I'm afraid.
In the words of Sir Charles: "I might be wrong, but I doubt it". If I am wrong in the least bit, I will beg for an apology.