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You said it well all around. With one exception, Hawaiian had a near monopoly for less than 2 years.
It’s not that I’ve taken anything personally, as much as the SWA corporation lying about how well they’ve been doing from a balance sheet standpoint on those routes. They don’t have to disclose that on a route by route basis, but Elliot did come out and blew that air out into the world. For the pilots, none of these misadventures threaten SWA livelihoods, whereas they did for HAL pilots. While these matters were discussed, there was little thought for objectivity on what SWA trying to strategically accomplish. You are right the free market will do its thing in David and Goliath scenarios.
All good points and I didn't realize your history out there, so I apologize if it came off insensitive.
Anyone with a brain could see this coming in Hawaii with United and SWA dumping capacity in there and SWA flying interisland.
Believe me, I think SWA approached it in a completely idiotic way, which goes back to how bad our management is. One thing they are good at is doubling down on a bad idea.