The biggest difference wasn't Gordon's personality. Gordo was a builder - that's why his tenure at CAL was one of the best times in the airlines history. He tore the rotten parts out (A300-POS!), and carefully built it back up. Yeah the EMB fleet went from 0 to 3 million, but the 737 and WB fleets grew too.

Larry just squeezes more juice out of the fruit. He hasn't added a dime of value to the airline.