Originally Posted by
robthree
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.
Completely wrong.
When we did have the A-300, we had, (percentage wise WB/NB), more widebodies than ever. Our widebody to narrowbody fleet ratio is an embarrassment and the only major carrier that has a worse percentage is UsAir.