In what world was Vasu a scapegoat? He's taking the lion's share of the blame, but the man was the CCO, it wasn't like they canned a low-level manager.

Sure, he wasn't the only one making bad calls but moving past his "sun belt strategy" and "our product is our network" has been a welcome relief. The sales strategy that hamstrung us was his brainchild. He wanted to be a disruptor to an industry that is stodgy and established (corporate travel) and failed.

People engage in the same revisionist history with Kirby. Sure, he's trying to be Juan Trippe 2.0 at United, but when he was at AW/US/AA, he was all about RJ's, shrinking mainline, and keeping our pay low.