[Rhodes22-list] Airlines

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

They should sweat SWA.  Wherever they go they eventually dominate the
market.  What most people don't know about SWA is that they pre-date
the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (they started the same year as
FedEx - 1973), SWA is almost 100% union, and they pay the highest
wages in most positions.  The difference is (and this difference is
HUGE) that they are the most productive airline flying.  They only fly
one type of airplane, they don't try to be all things to all
customers, and they only fly profitable route segments.

SWA coming to town is great news if you are a consumer and not so
great news if you are a competitor.

Brad

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> Nobody here at NWA headquarters seems to be sweating the merger w/Delta as
> much as sweating the arrival of Southwest here at MSP.  Everybody has to
> slash their fares to match SWA.  Ex:  $69.00 one-way to Chicago.
>
> Slim
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's some neat shots in this video -
>>
>> http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQ2TEQhoy8
>>
>> Cheer up boys and girls, at least you're still flying and collecting a
>> paycheck under the Delta banner!  NorthWest used to be known as the
>> Cobra airline, they'll strike at anything.  A lot of my friends from
>> the early days went to work there and had a pretty good ride for the
>> most part. And look at the bright side of things, NorthWest
>> consistently won the award for the ugliest paint jobs.
>>
>> Brad
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