So to answer your question... I want a leader, not a cheerleader. I want someone with a clue, someone with a backbone, someone with vision. I don't want another bean counter, nor do I want a stuck-in-1995 IT guy, and I certainly don't want someone incapable of making a difficult decision.
I agree with you that leadership is important. In the end, not many innovative CEO's work for the airlines. At least the smart ones. This is a airline. Flys people from point A to B. This place is unique because of it's product. Which now may change. Either it will add somerthing to it or not. That's not visionary. Thats just business. I don't consider any other airline CEO in this industry as a "visionary". This business matured long ago. They are run by managers. Visionaries have a habit of spending a lot of money and not getting a return on it. Leaving the carnage to the employees to clean up. When BJ leaves either voluntary or not, he will be replaced with same type of manager. Pre COVID, with consolidation, produced a lot of money for this industry. All run by managers. This business is a commodity. Some offer a more diverse product than others and have been able to capitalize on it and more importantly make good margins. SWA will have to figure out what their product will be. Hopefully better margins will follow.