Originally Posted by
BMEP100
"Highest percentage connecting?hub. That is the antithesis of the SWA business model, so likely our results will vary.
For years I've listened to airline execs whine abut the inefficiency of the hub and spoke system, while coveting the SWA model.
Yet here we are, expanding a hub based on "connecting traffic", where the SWA model has thrived.
Good thing I get paid to fly these things and not decide where they fly- despite 40 years watching the business cycles and failed bright ideas.
Yup, probably good thing you just fly (like me). Your prescient commentary filled with certitude sounds about a decade behind the times and I'm guessing you aren't privy to anything like current realtime data that the head shed uses to make decisions.
Which is not to say that group hasn't miscalculated before (like a lot...).
It just gets a little old hearing the wizened old hands cherry picking a few public statistics, reminiscing about past failure and then expounding as if they possess expertise they likely don't possess....speculation I can bear, omniscience not so much...
I hope the DEN hub flourishes and management is right about its future, but I never count on anything in this fickle business...