I mean let's be real. United furloughed in 2003 and 2008. I have buddies who got furloughed twice. Both times they went from hiring to furloughing within a couple of months. They're the worst about that. They would have furloughed in covid too if the pilot group hadn't voted to take pay cuts to save the furloughs. They have gone all in on international WB especially Asia and that's going to be the first canary to die in the coal mine on the next downturn. Japan and China are the largest players in that theater and both of their economies are garbage.

AA ain't no gem but because we're all in on domestic. We'll never score big profits but it's also never going away. We'll just keep stumbling along and offering some token International flying. SWA and the ULCCs are on the rocks too and that's going to be good for us. They are our competitors not UA and DL. Let UA and DL battle for king of the hill we'll just keep making money flying Hank Hill to Midland.