Luvjockey,

When I started this thread it was to display what each airline had in fuel hedges not beat up on SWA. I do not blame SWA for anything. All I said was that the arguement that management teams made at all the legacy carriers was that their pricing power had been affected by the LCC and ergo the legacy carriers had lost pricing power. That has been a well published platform. SWA management has been effective, no doubt, and that's been great for you guys. I do not blame SWA for anything as the market place is the market place, however, the people at SWA must be concerned that while the legacy carriers are taking 40 plus percent paycuts the Flight Attendants at SWA extracted a contract from Herb making them not only the highest paid in the U.S but the world as well.

I am glad SWA is holding up salaries, I think I said that in a previous post, but to think that the gravey train that has existed there is going to continue maybe a little myopic. 6-7 year upgrades with payraises every year etc. Hey, listen, the best thing that could happen in this industry is that all carriers are able to match fares with costs.

And for the record it was not just one pilot that was denied SWA jumpseat in September 98 there were 112 of us. NWA alpa then instructed us not to endeavor jumpseating on WN.