Originally Posted by Stitches

In 2019 SWAPA financial analysis concluded that SWA could afford to double pilot salaries and still maintain a positive profit margin. Having all 10,000 pilots qualified to fly every flight provides a tremendous cost advantage over the legacy business model and is a big part of the reason why the company has never suffered an annual loss until covid. A Southwest 737 won’t generate anywhere near the revenue of a widebody but it also doesn’t cost anywhere near a legacy narrowbody to operate either.