Originally Posted by LeineLodge

The tone of these articles always cracks me up. They make the airlines out to be big bad corporations that are trying to rob the public of their hard earned dime.

The truth? All airlines (including SWA) are for profit companies NOT public utilities. I just don't get why they are always making us out as the bad guys when we have been subsidizing the traveling public for over a decade. Capacity needs to come down (through fleet reductions or the more recent merger mania) and fares will naturally come up. Airlines need to make money for the economy overall to be healthy. If that means that it will no longer be possible to fly from OAK-FLL for $69 then so be it.

Not picking on you ftb, this just always grinds my gears.