Originally Posted by REF 5

Different business model, different regime. Not a single revenue management strategy of significance from Airtran was implemented at that time. So scope was easy to keep clean. BJ maybe from the old regime but he is definitely willing to dirty up scope. More importantly, AW is all in on it too. If SWA buys any airline from here forward, it will complicate things. Especially section 1. As you know already, look what they did in DEN. Adding way more connections with less RON's aka creating banks. AW just did a video on connections. Pilots have the final say but it makes things way more complicated. It maybe early innings, but the business model has changed. 137/175 seat airplanes are not going to be forever. The more they intentionally connect and add partnerships, the higher the probability will be they want something outside those gauges, especially if yields/PRASM improves. I think SWAPA is trying to figure out what the red line is. Good news is with spot fuel being $4.30 a gallon, they are more focused on managing costs and these initiatives are moving farther down the line of priorities at the moment.