11-11-2008
01:19 AM
1 Love
Are you serious?
At some point, growth has to be checked. Why? Because if you outgrow your skeleton, your vital organs aren't protected. Southwest has never flown through the type of economic climate that it is flying in now. All I hear is people talking like union members (our contract says BLAH BLAH BLAH, we want the work etc). It isn't Southwest that has changed, it's YOU. Being #1 makes people forget how they got to this point and you would be best advised not to forget it.
Codesharing brings traffic from another region to your aircraft without you having to go and get them. Let Volaris bring more people to your existing routes at THEIR expense. This may be the last quarter Southwest puts cash in the bank for some time, but doing the downturn, you want to still fly like Southwest, right? You want to still make money, right? Of course you do and that is why new growth must utilize the strengths of your network.
Volaris seems to be well regarded in Mexico. Be careful with the sentiment that a well regarded Mexican airline is unable to provide high quality service. It sounds a lot like Mexican bashing and you don't want to go down that road. You would be surprised how much transportation innovation there is in Mexico. They seem to be the Southwest of 25 years ago.
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