What a bunch of ****. You think that *any* corporation does things out of the kindness of their hearts? What heart? It's a corporation, it doesn't have a heart. It's incorporated for the sole reason of making money for its shareholders. The only reason any airline serves a particular city is because they think they'll be more profitable (eventually) if they do.
The legacy carriers have a 3-decade history of reaming consumers every chance they get. Back in 1999 or 2000, you want to fly from New York to LA at the last minute? You're going to pay us over $1000 and you're going to like it.
Now, does Southwest serve cities out of the goodness of their hearts? No, it serves what's profitable (though it takes a lot longer for Southwest to give up on a market than most airlines because it's figured out that customers really value an airline they can count on).
Southwest, however, has figured out that it's actually *more* profitable to give people a good deal. Makes people feel all warm and fuzzy, makes them want to fly a lot, and makes them want to fly Southwest. Southwest supports the low fares by being way better on cost control than any major airline.
It also figured a long time ago that it was very important how they hire and employ people. So Southwest is much more selective in who it hires, and then once it's hired someone, it generally treats them much better than employees at the average airline. It does this NOT out of the goodness of its heart, but because it's GOOD BUSINESS.
Southwest is after the same thing as any other airline: profits. It's just has a much better business model.
The idea of United, or Delta, or Northwest "subsidizing" service to East Bum**** by hosing people on a mainline route is absurd. They're all just corporations. They're all just trying to make a buck. None of them has a heart---and most of the airlines have, historically, treated both passengers and employees far, far worse than Southwest. This downturn, the legacy airlines got their heads handed to them, and did passengers care? No, they did not. Why not? Because most passengers don't give a damn if the legacy majors get reamed because as far as most American consumers are concerned, the legacy majors had been reaming them for decades.
WORD.
The legacy carriers have a 3-decade history of reaming consumers every chance they get. Back in 1999 or 2000, you want to fly from New York to LA at the last minute? You're going to pay us over $1000 and you're going to like it.
Now, does Southwest serve cities out of the goodness of their hearts? No, it serves what's profitable (though it takes a lot longer for Southwest to give up on a market than most airlines because it's figured out that customers really value an airline they can count on).
Southwest, however, has figured out that it's actually *more* profitable to give people a good deal. Makes people feel all warm and fuzzy, makes them want to fly a lot, and makes them want to fly Southwest. Southwest supports the low fares by being way better on cost control than any major airline.
It also figured a long time ago that it was very important how they hire and employ people. So Southwest is much more selective in who it hires, and then once it's hired someone, it generally treats them much better than employees at the average airline. It does this NOT out of the goodness of its heart, but because it's GOOD BUSINESS.
Southwest is after the same thing as any other airline: profits. It's just has a much better business model.
The idea of United, or Delta, or Northwest "subsidizing" service to East Bum**** by hosing people on a mainline route is absurd. They're all just corporations. They're all just trying to make a buck. None of them has a heart---and most of the airlines have, historically, treated both passengers and employees far, far worse than Southwest. This downturn, the legacy airlines got their heads handed to them, and did passengers care? No, they did not. Why not? Because most passengers don't give a damn if the legacy majors get reamed because as far as most American consumers are concerned, the legacy majors had been reaming them for decades.
WORD.
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