I am not going to spend a bunch of time debating economics with you on a forum. just look at the spreadsheets and you can see the numbers. SWA is doing ok with their fuel hedging right now but wait until they really have to pay for fuel. The other LCC's are doing great on paper but horrible in real life. Nice try paying for your airplanes Jet Blue. And look the pilots want a union there because they are treated like poop. We could never agree though. You may know more than me about the secrets of the great SWA, but to me they are still competition to my airline. I still veiw them as roaches, as you do my airline.
Thanks for the entertainment. Thanks for lowering the bar and good luck never getting any higher than SWA. You could be cleaning the cabin soon like Jet Blue. I personally refuse to work for a major airline that treats their pilots like the regionals do. Good luck swimming in the cess pool of the big boys.