The end of Delta Airlines begins?

[On Your Six]

I suspect that the title of this thread (by a guy with a SWA plane as his avatar) is strictly a tongue-in-cheek reponse to the thread started by OYS or General Lee (I forget which) that started the whole "end of..." craze. You remember, the one that announced the end of SWA, and took actual pleasure in gloating that SWA "lost money" in the 3rd quarter (despite the fact that the majority of his facts were wrong).

So, despite your allusion to SWA Dan (nice one, with the "Warrior Spirit" thing, by the way!), you can't blame this one on Southwest like you normally try to. Talk to your Delta buddies.

Bubba

Sorry, but SWA not showing a profit during the most profitable quarter of the year is a lot more surprising than the MEM pilot base closing, or maybe the CVG base in the future possibly. Those bases have been shrunk considerably over the last few years, whereas SWA has been mostly profitable. You have to admit it's true.

Godspeed!


OYS

 

[SWA Bubba]

Sorry, but SWA not showing a profit during the most profitable quarter of the year is a lot more surprising than the MEM pilot base closing, or maybe the CVG base in the future possibly. Those bases have been shrunk considerably over the last few years, whereas SWA has been mostly profitable. You have to admit it's true.

Godspeed!


OYS

Uh, sorry OYS, but please pay closer attention. This discussion was about Dan Roman only taking SWA posters to task for stupid things said. Every airline represented on this forum has posters that can be mean-spirited, uninformed, say stupid things, or just plain nasty, etc. Every one of them. However, Dan only seems to chastise SWA posters when they transgress in his eyes.

YOU, in this context, were my example of other airlines' people saying stupid or mean-spirited things (the thread where you took pleasure in our Q3 "loss"). And thank you, by the way, for jumping in right on cue, to prove my point, and also to repeat your "facts," that were, in fact, misinformed.

Bubba

 

[waveflyer]

Couldn't agree more. There has always been competition amongst different airlines, but it sure seems this generation is more narcissistic than those in the past. Somehow I can't see the WW 2 generation boasting about their "Warrior Spirit" and how they are going to kick other airlines ass!
Maybe because they lived the real thing.

There's more than a few of our original pilots and leaders who embody the 'warrior spirit', who have lived 'the real thing'- a humbling video on swalife about one of our best-

Again- happy veteran's day

 

[Dan Roman]

However, Dan only seems to chastise SWA posters when they transgress in his eyes.


Bubba

You havn't seen my USAPA posts!

 

[Dan Roman]

There's more than a few of our original pilots and leaders who embody the 'warrior spirit', who have lived 'the real thing'- a humbling video on swalife about one of our best-

Again- happy veteran's day

Sounds good but no link?

 

[Dan Roman]

Probably the best post I have ever read on FI, or any other board for that matter... While this post is about SWA/Airtran, It could easily be about Delta/Northwest, UAL/CAL or USAir/AWA.... We need to learn who we should all be fighting... And it's not each other...

Thanks!

 

[On Your Six]

Uh, sorry OYS, but please pay closer attention. This discussion was about Dan Roman only taking SWA posters to task for stupid things said. Every airline represented on this forum has posters that can be mean-spirited, uninformed, say stupid things, or just plain nasty, etc. Every one of them. However, Dan only seems to chastise SWA posters when they transgress in his eyes.

YOU, in this context, were my example of other airlines' people saying stupid or mean-spirited things (the thread where you took pleasure in our Q3 "loss"). And thank you, by the way, for jumping in right on cue, to prove my point, and also to repeat your "facts," that were, in fact, misinformed.

Bubba

No, you pay attention. SWA now has financial pressures thanks to fewer hedges, and a culture that was tarnished when your management intervened in the SLI. You aren't a LCC anymore because fuel now dictates your quarters, not you dictating the prices for all of the other carriers like you used to after 9-11. Don't count on automatic success like you used to have, and slamming your culture sure didn't help.


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[SWA Bubba]

No, you pay attention. SWA now has financial pressures thanks to fewer hedges, and a culture that was tarnished when your management intervened in the SLI. You aren't a LCC anymore because fuel now dictates your quarters, not you dictating the prices for all of the other carriers like you used to after 9-11. Don't count on automatic success like you used to have, and slamming your culture sure didn't help.


Godspeed!


OYS

Pay attention to what? To something we weren't even talking about? Do you even READ the conversation on a thread before you chime in? Or do you just see a poster you know to be a SWA guy, and jump in with a random, anti-SWA anedcote?

Thanks again. I'll certainly say this about you--you're nothing if not predictable.

Bubba

 

[General Lee]

Pay attention to what? To something we weren't even talking about? Do you even READ the conversation on a thread before you chime in? Or do you just see a poster you know to be a SWA guy, and jump in with a random, anti-SWA anedcote?

Thanks again. I'll certainly say this about you--you're nothing if not predictable.

Bubba

If you want a disscussion with someone that is NOT on topic for the thread, then why don't you PM him? Read the title of the thread, and then try to type something close. Also, tone your cockiness down, you fly to Lubbock.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[SWA Bubba]

Also, tone your cockiness down, you fly to Lubbock.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Uh, good comeback, Potsie. You sure told me.

Bubba