Originally Posted by
FettyWap
A lot of thin skinned folks here. Good luck guys. Hope it all works out for all of us. No hard feelings. UAL severely lags the industry in operating margin in a time when airlines are kicking butt. That was very concerning to me and I just didn’t think UAL would be a wise choice for me. It’s nothing personal.
It obviously is personal if you are repeatedly posting negative comments with just your opinion to back it up. You are coming across as naive and salty. The idea that anyone can foretell the future of this industry is naive. UAL has a lower profit margin but a more diverse reach. We have a lot more international exposure and less domestic exposure. We missed out on a good portion of the domestic feed boom of the past 10 years where domestic flying was twice as profitable as international flying. Our passengers also tend to be wealthier and we derive more of our profit from those that are more insulated from a market downturn. You are correct that UAL has a lower profit margin but there is a lot more behind that one metric. Choosing an airline based on what happened in the past is like picking a stock on what happened last year... prior performance is not indicative of future results.
Enjoy your career and hopefully SWA and UAL will be around when it comes time to retire.