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Old 03-07-2014 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Pineapple Guy
BINGO!! Your analysis is spot on.
It wasn't just SWA, but also JB and AT that were also allowed to enter endless growth mode and reach critical mass. Fortunately MaxJet and Eos went away, VX was delayed a couple years and SkyBus II imploded under its own business model. JB and VX together have grown into a ton of capacity and they have plans for more endless growth and code shares with the Gulf airlines and probably NAI eventually. We can't run from marketshare wars anymore. While we have to show some modicum of restraint against the other legacies, its time to take it to the LCC's with very agressive targeted assaults and slam the door on their growth ambitions. Where their business model goes from there isn't our concern. We can start by each legacy taking the top 10-20 routes from one of them each and just burying them. That is exactly what they are going to continue to do to us if we permit their growth to continue unchecked.