Originally Posted by
Bgood
So it's ok for 1 person to point to spirits best growth time but disingenuous when someone from JetBlue does it? And NK gets brownie point cuz they didnt know who they are?
This was the point they were trying to make. He/she can't look at spirit's best growth time and point to that to justify something being unfair. But if he wants to, so can we.
NK always knew who they were, just because the model changed doesn’t mean it was a rudderless ship. Prior to the shift to ULCC, NK was a niche company. Whether that niche was charter flights, or operating as a mom and pop carrier from the Midwest to the sun belt.
The point is until Indigo and Baldanza changed the company to a ULCC in the mid 2000’s, massive growth was never the focus. It’s like comparing McDonalds before Ray Croc to what it became after he changed the direction, it was happy to be a single store family run operation.
It’s not just about comparing a good growth period to a bad one, it’s a totally different company.