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Originally Posted by CFIse  We'll see - it won't be a revolution, it'll be an evolution. One day it'll seem like a good idea at the top for SouthWest to run EMB170s, or 190s or a couple of 777 for trans-con work and the employees will think "this ain't right" but they won't quit en-masses, they'll hang in there, because SouthWest is a good company to work for.
Then they go to assigned seating, because that's what customers want, even though the best turn is now 40 minutes and flights are a running late more often, and the employees think "that's not right" but they hang in there, SouthWest is a good company to work for.
Then the fuel hedges expire, and the money has to come from somewhere, so employees are asked to take wage cuts. The employees think "that ain't right" but they don't quit because SouthWest is a good company to work for.
Then money gets tight and people don't get bonuses, and so employees start leaving the USPS packages out in the rain because "hell, we're not getting a bonus anyway" - but people don't quit because, well SouthWest is a good company to work for. |
All possible, but not probable. I guess I have a little bit more faith in the SWA board of directors that they wouldn't elevate someone to a powerful position that would do something so drastic that it would change SWA as much as you're proposing.
For the record, it was originally a 20 minute turn and not 30. Too bad they went from 122 seat 737-200s to 137 seat 737-300s. I guess that ruined the company since they had to extend it another 10 minutes.....