Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Here's one...their FAs are nice!
But seriously, while I don't presume to fully understand the business world, there are lots of very successful companies that were once at the bottom of their industry.
wikipedia: It has reported only one year of profit (1998) since its foundation in 1946. Alitalia reported net losses of more than €3.7 billion between 1999 and 2008. Previous state aid to Alitalia included some €1.5 billion in 1998 from the government of premier Romano Prodi.
I see a lot of dedication to stay at the bottom though.