Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
PX,
I agree that the environment in Hawaii has changed, but your obsession with the way that a public corporation went in to upset the monopoly of anther public corporation has just as much to do with HAL management and their poor business practices as it does SWAs. It isn't the pilots who made these choices and, ultimately, the marketplace will decide what the final outcome is.
HAL enjoyed an interisland monopoly free of competition for way too long. Their business plan was also trashed by Covid and economic forces post Covid. HAL management failed their employees just like SWA management has failed theirs, leading to both the Alaska merger and the Elliott activist battle. Who do you think is going to suffer? Hint... It's always labor.
You clearly have very strong feelings about SWAs entry in to the Hawaii market, but don't make it personal.
The guy already lost his job once when Aloha was shut down because Mesa came in and tanked the market. He's (or was) worried about a dejavu. Cut him some slack.
There's a lot more to this whole argument, and especially interisland market when intertwined with things like gate spaces and slots... Is it better to have good gates and utilize airplanes and crews that would be sittng idle, or alternatively, not get the good gates/slots and keep the planes parked? It was decided it's better to keep the planes and crews moving.... How long it lasts - beats me.
The reason why Hawaiian is doing much better interisland is actually very simple - they codeshare with everyone under the sun. We don't codeshare with anyone, though here's an interesting twist... our contract allows the company to codeshare in Hawaii in the interisland market... what are the odds we might find some regional partner to put 8 E175s out there and fly them interisland?