Originally Posted by
Aero1900
So his theory is that an airline can't grow because they canceled a few flights during a snow storm. In one city?
Not really sure that's a great metric to use to determine the future of Frontier and Southwest.
I'll give them credit for investing in their operation to be able to recover from storms, but the amount that a single storm effecting a single cities cancelation rate is correlated to future growth is questionable.
Southwest reputation damage from their meltdown won't be known for a long time. Frontiers ability to grow will depend on staffing and investing. United not canceling as many flights during a single event has nearly no bearing on our future.
Seems that your missing the point. It's not that they can't grow because of this single storm as you seem to put it.
It's more that this response (week-long operational meltdown) is more symptomatic of the problems than it is the problem itself.
Underinvestment in IT, demise of the old SWA culture, blind commitment old tech (but with new engines!) and uncomfortable 737s, management sticking their head in the sand, etc., etc...
Personally, I think F9 has more room for operational tailwinds than SWA these days. Especially after the JBLU / Spirit merger.
Well, just as long as they don't let pilot attrition ruin things. You guys need a contract on par with Delta if management really wants to succeed. Not a penny less.