scoreboardII
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No, but 3000 FO's can.A few hundred disgruntled FAT CPs can sure wreak havoc...
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No, but 3000 FO's can.A few hundred disgruntled FAT CPs can sure wreak havoc...
SWA of today is at the same point Delta, TWA, United, AA, Pan Am, etc, where within a few years of when they all failed.
This company makes money despite itself.
Once that momentum dies, and the reality of a stagnant product, inability to adapt to the marketplace, and a completely disgruntled employee group will result in the same result that all those legacies realized: failure.
It's my third airline, and although it is far from perfect and debatably traveling on an unchangeable path to mediocrity, I will still choose SWA on its worst day over the vast majority of others on their best day.SWA of today is at the same point Delta, TWA, United, AA, Pan Am, etc, where within a few years of when they all failed.
This company makes money despite itself.
Once that momentum dies, and the reality of a stagnant product, inability to adapt to the marketplace, and a completely disgruntled employee group will result in the same result that all those legacies realized: failure.
It's my third airline, and although it is far from perfect and debatably traveling on an unchangeable path to mediocrity, I will still choose SWA on its worst day over the vast majority of others on their best day.
Those that have not experienced the seedy underbelly of this cutthroat industry truly do not understand how good we have it. Some of the biggest critics that actually work here have never worked anywhere else, not all of the critics of course, but a large majority.
Could it be better? Of course!
Was it once better than now? Most definitely!
Are we in the death spiral? I think not.
It's my third airline, and although it is far from perfect and debatably traveling on an unchangeable path to mediocrity, I will still choose SWA on its worst day over the vast majority of others on their best day.
Those that have not experienced the seedy underbelly of this cutthroat industry truly do not understand how good we have it. Some of the biggest critics that actually work here have never worked anywhere else, not all of the critics of course, but a large majority.
Could it be better? Of course!
Was it once better than now? Most definitely!
Are we in the death spiral? I think not.
A few hundred disgruntled FAT CPs can sure wreak havoc...
Probably not in a death spiral Howie, but definitely not the same it was prior to your "hostile" takeover of the other pilot group. Bad feelings, the ones where they felt it was "two against one" in the SLI, will remain for years and years. You can't deny that, just read some posts on here. Next, your airline and the longevity of the employees has taken the "low cost" out of the LCC model. You don't have newhires everywhere making 1st year pay for cheap. You also don't walk into a market and control the fares anymore, and you don't have a fuel hedging advantage. But other than that, it's the same as before, including 5-6 leg intra Texas days. Enjoy it Howie, I'm off to Europe again this week, one leg to a nice layover dinner with crew. Bye!
Bye Bye---General Lee
This^^^
But we can and will do better-
And despite some poster's gleeful hoping predictions of our demise- I believe we will prosper well after next year