Originally Posted by DC8DRIVER

The other point I was making was that, from an industry wide point of view, the merger of AirTran and Southwest was a remarkable turn in a very dark direction.

And, even if we just forget all about the SWA fun/luv camaraderie culture stuff, If SWA is trying to enhance safety in their cockpits, this may have been a huge step backwards.

With so many mergers providing horrible examples out there, it is amazing that this one has set a new low. It’s sad to see and it has done the industry no good.