Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
Exactly. I know I'm kind of glass half empty, but I think Dean is screwed.
Zap, you’re more of a glass is only 1/8th full kind of guy but given your background it’s not hard to understand why (you poor SOB).
Here’s what this is gonna come down to in my humble opinion. Is SWA willing to bleed and keep planes and crews flying after the VSPs & ExTOs are awarded in an effort to take customer loyalty and market share from the Big 3 and if so will they have enough financial resources to do so?
On that front I’m fairly encouraged. My gut feeling tells me that they’re willing to fly at a loss for a while in order to do just that, but of course that can only go on for so long before even the mighty SWA cries “uncle”.
A second airline bailout might effect their strategy going forward as well.