Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
Oh really? May I remind you that immediately before the aquisition/merger SWA had been stagnant for quite a while we were still growing albeit at a reduced rate.
Additionally, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't SWA buy AAI because of growth opportunities that weren't present for them on their own AND because they wanted to eliminate us as a competitor. A competitor that they were worried about (at least according to what was being plugged by management in your groundschools)?
Please don't try to make this out to be one airline saving another that was on the bring of closing it's doors. It's wasn't a AA/TWA scenario.
As much as I HATE reading posts from WHACKMASTER, this post was spot on! AirTran was doing alright and didn't
need to be bought to survive. AT was still growing......something that SWA hadn't done in a long time. So before any of the SWA guys make it seem as if they did the AT guys a favor, check your history if you could please. Thanks.