The good people of the state of Wisconsin might just have something to say about that. Being that Republic's current adventure in MKE is largely dependent on MEH brand loyalty, and all. Insulting your brand's home city and trivializing your customer service are not good ways to make an impression.

The rest of the airline industry is only now learning what those of us who had the misfortune of working for him (and were paying attention) already know - BB's an arrogant, endlessly yammering, self-aggrandizing Christian-in-name-only who has reached his current position owing primarily to the failures of other airline managers to run their own companies. In other words, he's an airline CEO. Just louder and more aggressive than most.