eric stratton ???????????????
Tell me you are using sarcasm with that last question....Do you really think you can compare SWA w/ any Legacy carrier???? Apples and oranges dude. No one--not a sole even at SWA--could have predicted SWA success. And if they did, they are BSing at best. SWA has built an incredible airline, but I'm not on the SWA forever bandwagon. They will have some problems (maybe minor), maybe not for 5 years...but they will! With guys willing to fly at teacher salaries for jetblue its just a matter of time before SWA tries to go Intl. then things change.
Compare the Legacies dumba__. You have CAL and AAL "right now" leading the pack and may continue to run for 10 years.