Originally Posted by gloopy
(Post 2245775)
You absolutely can't attribute all or even most of the stock increases the entire sector has seen to buybacks.
Originally Posted by gloopy
(Post 2245775)
My broader point is one day we will wake up in the middle of a financial storm and deeply regret the many billions wasted on buybacks. Maybe, as you suggest, if its timed perfectly and used with precision, it could result in better numbers down the road on some things. But I don't ever see any airline making more from this than they paid to do it. The last time it rained, SWA crowd surfed above the entire industry taking marketshare with complete impunity and almost putting a legacy or two out of business, while paying 130 seat drivers higher than whale pay. All because they were making what, a billion a year off the hedges?
Originally Posted by gloopy
(Post 2245775)
We still have a lot of debt too, despite the hype that they're paying it down. DL has less debt on capital but more on pensions. There will come a time when one or more legacies rues the day they whizzed away many many billions on something that will be viewed as relatively frivolous in hindsight.
Never give up PS, it will allow you to sleep easier at night when the company makes these moves to increase the bottom line. |
Originally Posted by buscappy
(Post 2246015)
i believe i've written this before
but Boeing will be using the same 1950s guppy airframes in 150 yrs for interstellar travel because Southwest will Never change airframes as that would disrupt their business/operational model |
Originally Posted by socalflyboy
(Post 2246441)
Every time I hit the recall button(6pack), which is about 90 times before you even line up and wait, I give a small verbal thank you to Swa for this....
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The Guppy is a historically good airplane and has had its time. But that time is over now. It's a 1958 airplane at heart. Airbus is killing Boeing on the need of customers, other than SWA. The Guppy is not a 757 and it never will be!!! Neither is an A321NEO, but it's closer to it than the Guppy. Boeing set the standard and then stopped producing the standard. If Boeing would bring back the 757 with current technology, I believe that Airbus would sell a lot less A321s. A new 757 would re-establish the standard.
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...another thread digresses into 737 hate. A few Boeing vs Airbus comments for good measure . Just a few more praises of how awesome the 757 is and it'll be complete.
You guys should work for Fox and CNN, no news here, just "opinionated fact". |
Originally Posted by PA Slammer
(Post 2246691)
...another thread digresses into 737 hate. A few Boeing vs Airbus comments for good measure . Just a few more praises of how awesome the 757 is and it'll be complete.
You guys should work for Fox and CNN, no news here, just "opinionated fact". factually, the 737 guppy is fifty yr old tech and a crappy crappy place to sit for hours as a pilot or as a passenger facts, jack |
Originally Posted by PA Slammer
(Post 2246691)
...another thread digresses into 737 hate. A few Boeing vs Airbus comments for good measure . Just a few more praises of how awesome the 757 is and it'll be complete.
You guys should work for Fox and CNN, no news here, just "opinionated fact". |
Originally Posted by buscappy
(Post 2246911)
no opinions here
factually, the 737 guppy is fifty yr old tech and a crappy crappy place to sit for hours as a pilot or as a passenger facts, jack 2) 737 saves $2,000,000 per year over 757 Have a good one.. |
Originally Posted by Knotcher
(Post 2246957)
1) 737 and 757 have same exact fuselage diameter
2) 737 saves $2,000,000 per year over 757 Have a good one.. |
Originally Posted by Knotcher
(Post 2246957)
1) 737 and 757 have same exact fuselage diameter
2) 737 saves $2,000,000 per year over 757 Have a good one.. |
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