Originally Posted by
flybynuts
Thier cheaper wages and work rules made them what they are today. See it doesn't work using your logic in history.
Try studying your history. SWA made an enormous bet on fuel at a time when the legacy carriers hit the pinnacle of labor costs. Their success over time had everything to do with undercutting their fellow pilots in the form of work rules and little else. Give it 2 decades and SWA will be bankrupt like every other airline because of their aging labor force that expects better and better treatment.
Wanna make a 10 year bet?