Originally Posted by OscartheGrouch

Brown,

While I apoligize for being so inflamatory I will say that the tone in you post rang a familiar tune for me. I have heard negative posts from many who underneath wish SWA ill. If you did not intend that than I will consider myself wrong. Your last comment would indicate the tone which I refer to might indeed exist.

Misinformation seems to be the way to discredit the opposition. I have done verbal jousting with those that would indicate that SWA current salary level is by default. We can disagree but the current pay situation is what it is. Since I am in the unenviable position of having a life sentence on a 737 (a fate worse that death) and I am doomed to fly six legs a day for the rest of my life (a myth mentioned now and then to make fun of how hard we work) I get a little testy when the misinformation flows so freely.

While I would agree that SWA is no longer the airline it used to be I differ in the conclusion that all the changes have been negative (was that your implication?). We are currently too large for anyone to ignore and if domestic growth is not there then we will follow the money trail but not abandon our current system like so many have.

For the present I will continue to confront misinformation about SWA when it comes up. Which brings us back to your "buddy" and how long he should wait on SWA to hire him. I tend to look at the positive opportunities that might present themselves in the next few years for SWA (if BK doesn't bail someone out again!) and know that predictions are often incorrect.