Southwest CEO remains adamantly opposed to baggage fees

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Southwest CEO remains adamantly opposed to baggage fees
Southwest Airlines?which this week revealed a new logo and brand overhaul?is committed to keeping fares low. But in order to do so it must cut costs, with the bulk of those cost savings coming out of labor, CEO Gary Kelly ...

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[BILL LUMBERG]

So he wont increase obvious revenue but instead takes it out on labor.

Mergers, flying International..push for pay cuts.....yep you luv Warriors are in our legacy airline world now! Good Luck.

 

[ngsp]

We need a new CEO!!!

 

[FOAgain]

Lack of fees is the difference for many of our customers. What's an "obvious" revenue generator in the eyes of some separates us from the pack. Just ask your frequent flyers.

 

[PCL_128]

I used to think this guy was pretty smart. Not so much anymore. He's just the typical dooshy airline manager who would be kicked out of any significant management position in another industry.

 

[Kharma Police]

I used to think this guy was pretty smart. Not so much anymore. He's just the typical dooshy airline manager who would be kicked out of any significant management position in another industry.

Well, he ran circles around you and your fellow ALPA clowns (which isn't saying much).

And yes, things would have been vastly different if we followed the advice of a high school educated fat kid living in mom's basement.

 

[General Lee]

It's funny that your boss kept bag fees at AirTran to help pay for the merger. I guess he didn't seem to care about those passengers.....


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[ArcadiaMaxima]

I used to think this guy was pretty smart. Not so much anymore. He's just the typical dooshy airline manager who would be kicked out of any significant management position in another industry.

3 months or so left then your gone right?

 

[redflyer65]

3 months or so left then your gone right?

Too bad we don't have a countdown timer...

 

[LearLove]

Gets employee pay cuts then institutes bag fees.

 

[kwick]

Well, he ran circles around you and your fellow ALPA clowns (which isn't saying much).

And yes, things would have been vastly different if we followed the advice of a high school educated fat kid living in mom's basement.

Herb never lived in his Mom's basement. Did he?

Well he never would have put up with with this stuff!

 

[N1atEcon]

No bag fees and record profits. hmmmmm

 

[twepilot]

Pot, meet kettle.

RV

 

[FIREMAN]

Well, he ran circles around you and your fellow ALPA clowns (which isn't saying much).

And yes, things would have been vastly different if we followed the advice of a high school educated fat kid living in mom's basement.

Threatening one's job is not running circles around them.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Maybe it is because it would be a little strange to weigh plastic bags as luggage...!

 

[SpauldingSmails]

So he wont increase obvious revenue but instead takes it out on labor.

Mergers, flying International..push for pay cuts.....yep you luv Warriors are in our legacy airline world now! Good Luck.

"We take the costs out of our employee's paychecks and pass the savings along to you, the customers."

Sounds like a legacy to me.

 

[Kharma Police]

Herb never lived in his Mom's basement. Did he?

Well he never would have put up with with this stuff!

I was referring to Piggy aka, "The AirTran Village Idiot", not Herb or Gary. If you have to ask who I'm talking about then you probably don't need (or care) to know.

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

Herb never lived in his Mom's basement. Did he?

Well he never would have put up with with this stuff!

And you'd probably still have round dials on your DU's.

What would wouldn't he put up with?

 

[SWA Bubba]

I used to think this guy was pretty smart. Not so much anymore. He's just the typical dooshy airline manager who would be kicked out of any significant management position in another industry.

I beg to differ.

He would most definitely NOT be kicked out of any other industry's "significant management position," controlled by a board of directors and stockholders. They (the board) would love to have GK or someone like him. In a little more than a year, he has more than quadrupled the company's stock price, and not only has he always made a yearly profit, even in the leanest years of the recession, but he has recently overseen multiple consecutive quarters with record profits. That's what stockholders and board members care about. They don't generally give a rat's a$$ about alienating customers and employees, as long as you consistently make money. And by God, he does.

Now his employees, on the other hand, may have a different opinion. If you had said that, I might have agreed with you.

Bubba

 

[waveflyer]

We need a new CEO!!!

We do?

Please elaborate