I read and re-read Normann's post and I don't get at all where he believes that. My takeaway is that even given SWA pay rates, the productivity advantages our company realizes from high density seating and high aircraft utilization and other factors would still leave us short.

Having said that, if one even did believed that, why say it out loud? Like telling your wife that her butt looks fat or that her sister is hot, its the kind of thing that could come back and cause you all kinds of grief later.