Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Everybody dropped the ball on fuel hedges, including Southwest. If they couldn't get it right, nobody could.
What, like SWA had some special insight into fuel hedging? It takes cash to hedge bra... When all the legacy airlines were awash in bankruptcy and red ink, they were unable to hedge. It's not a matter of being smarter (necessarily). Oh, I forgot... SWA great... the rest of us just suck.