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Old 05-16-2020 | 12:12 PM
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Andy
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Originally Posted by The stillest
We should be pushing management to consider an ESPP again now that the stock is low
Dubo Jr, is that you?

Airline stocks are NOT investments. One might as well have a fun weekend in Vegas rather than dump money in airline stocks.


Known for his candor, Crandall later told an interviewer, "I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'" Crandall noted that since the airline deregulation of the 1970s, some 150 airlines had gone out of business. "A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money," he said.

Warren Buffett's been burned by airline investments more than once.