You seriously can't be THAT blind, furloughed ?
Do you really think SWA wants to go into PHL to serve just a few cities ?
When (not if) U ceases ops this summer, SWA will keep a few flights there and use up the freer airsapce to increase ops at their other hubs. They want to get rid of U as bad as the others (and sadly most other carriers are already planning their moves when this happens) because it's good for their businesses.
SWA going into PHL is just a signal that they want to hasten and ensure U's demise as quick as possible and pick up as many customers as possible in the process.
Although ALL the other carriers would benefit by the sudden decrease in capacity by allowing them to raise fares, SWA would capture more than its fair share by being established in that lucrative (already saturated east coast LCC) market - and they can compete with JetBlue, AirTran and Spirit just fine.
You've obviously had some bad luck and bumpy trails in your airline career, but because of that, you more than others should recognize future reality for what it is.
Your anger at Seigel is justified, but you just seem to think these same people are going to suddenly change their ways.
Personally, in my opinion Bronner knows it a virtual certainty that U will cease ops this summer, but wants to lose as little as possible in the mean time (hence the desperate altamatums), so why not lie to the employees of U one more time.
It's not like they've been totally honest with U employees up to now.
It is especially disturbing that U management freely admits to the F/A union reps that they are a rudderless company with no competetive business plan.
Then again, why waste time and money developing or revising a competetive business plan, when they know this summers most likely reality.
The TWA employees had no idea what hit them in January 2000, because (2 days from cessation of ops due to lack of operating cash) managment kept them in the dark about the reality of their company.
History is about to repeat itself this summer, it's just that some see it and some refuse to.
Do you really think SWA wants to go into PHL to serve just a few cities ?
When (not if) U ceases ops this summer, SWA will keep a few flights there and use up the freer airsapce to increase ops at their other hubs. They want to get rid of U as bad as the others (and sadly most other carriers are already planning their moves when this happens) because it's good for their businesses.
SWA going into PHL is just a signal that they want to hasten and ensure U's demise as quick as possible and pick up as many customers as possible in the process.
Although ALL the other carriers would benefit by the sudden decrease in capacity by allowing them to raise fares, SWA would capture more than its fair share by being established in that lucrative (already saturated east coast LCC) market - and they can compete with JetBlue, AirTran and Spirit just fine.
You've obviously had some bad luck and bumpy trails in your airline career, but because of that, you more than others should recognize future reality for what it is.
Your anger at Seigel is justified, but you just seem to think these same people are going to suddenly change their ways.
Personally, in my opinion Bronner knows it a virtual certainty that U will cease ops this summer, but wants to lose as little as possible in the mean time (hence the desperate altamatums), so why not lie to the employees of U one more time.
It's not like they've been totally honest with U employees up to now.
It is especially disturbing that U management freely admits to the F/A union reps that they are a rudderless company with no competetive business plan.
Then again, why waste time and money developing or revising a competetive business plan, when they know this summers most likely reality.
The TWA employees had no idea what hit them in January 2000, because (2 days from cessation of ops due to lack of operating cash) managment kept them in the dark about the reality of their company.
History is about to repeat itself this summer, it's just that some see it and some refuse to.
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