Trip,
You are right on that, but the red tail is not going away, just the paint.
If you think that Delta is going to give away MSP you have another thing coming.
What is the big rush to have SWA move in to MSP. MSP folks already have Sun Country to serve the market. Look how great they are doing.
I think it is funny how people think that SWA is this great airline. I have had the pleasure of riding on Fronteir Airlines and I think they have a much better product and the people are more friendly there. Just a typical example of PR and publc perception being everything nowadays.
SWA is an efficient carrier and the public seems to love it, but their day is coming soon. Within the next 5 years their management is going to be coming hard after their pilots for concessions. It's just the way it will shake out. It's only natural for management to eventually go to the cost side and extract it out of the pilots.
Thoughts?
Pretty accurate. I don't wish SWA guys any ill, but EVERYONE has their turn in the barrel.
Nu