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The World’s Largest Airline Is Now….. Southwest?!
With much of the world closed off to international arrivals, running an airline isn’t what it used to be. For many internationally focused airlines, demand is so low and border restrictions so cumbersome, there’s no point in flying at all, at least for the time being. But while many airlines experience unprecedented lows, one unlikely airline has jumped the ranks, becoming the world’s largest airline by capacity. Southwest Airlines is now the largest airline in the world by seating capacity as… (www.godsavethepoints.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
LUV<3
ICK! This is almost like finding out that America's largest employer was Walmart. From underpaid and cheated employees at Walmart to underpaid and cheated crews at Southwest.
Both have been cited numerous times for playing fast and loose with regulations. America is a shell of what it once was.
Both have been cited numerous times for playing fast and loose with regulations. America is a shell of what it once was.
Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
I was kind of wondering who pee'd in his Cheerios this morning
On January 20, if I am reading the chart correctly, Southwest wasn't doing too badly even then. It appears they were locked in at #3.
One aircraft type. No hub & spoke. Most financially stable. Best & happiest employees. I'm sure the naysayers will have something to say about this. They only wished they were working for LUV.
They did have a 'good idea' for marginalizing their customers.
I wasn't kidding about it's too bad the term 'Airbus' is already taken. Southwest sought to change planes into buses. People pile on, and pile off. All the buses are the same, and no one gets an assigned seat on a bus (unless they pay a lot of money). Buses are 'utilitarian' and exist to get the largest amount of people from point 'A' to point 'B'.
They also have been cutting some maintenance, and treating their employees poorly. I thought it was farcical too that they had to make their own reality TV show/marketing infomercial. The whole thing was laughable. They wanted to create their own mojo and get people to 'love' the image. I thought Walmart could do that too. Portray the lives of their cashiers, yet that could backfire if they show the backstory of the denied healthcare, and people trying to live on their wages of the stingiest company, and America's largest employer.
But back to Southwest. It would be common sense. Start a company that works like a bus company. Get the planes to fly to and from 'off brand' airports. Make all the buses the same so people know what they look like, make it so people don't get assigned seating, and board in waves. Add some benefits like free luggage, and yet beat down on fat people for taking up more than one seat. Ironic? Cut 'frills'. Everyone is treated the same. But you can't market 'average' to people, hawking cheap seats, no frills, and make any money without cutting things that more people expect from an airline.
And flying more planes? The bus schedule has to be maintained. Ask Ralph Kramden...
I wasn't kidding about it's too bad the term 'Airbus' is already taken. Southwest sought to change planes into buses. People pile on, and pile off. All the buses are the same, and no one gets an assigned seat on a bus (unless they pay a lot of money). Buses are 'utilitarian' and exist to get the largest amount of people from point 'A' to point 'B'.
They also have been cutting some maintenance, and treating their employees poorly. I thought it was farcical too that they had to make their own reality TV show/marketing infomercial. The whole thing was laughable. They wanted to create their own mojo and get people to 'love' the image. I thought Walmart could do that too. Portray the lives of their cashiers, yet that could backfire if they show the backstory of the denied healthcare, and people trying to live on their wages of the stingiest company, and America's largest employer.
But back to Southwest. It would be common sense. Start a company that works like a bus company. Get the planes to fly to and from 'off brand' airports. Make all the buses the same so people know what they look like, make it so people don't get assigned seating, and board in waves. Add some benefits like free luggage, and yet beat down on fat people for taking up more than one seat. Ironic? Cut 'frills'. Everyone is treated the same. But you can't market 'average' to people, hawking cheap seats, no frills, and make any money without cutting things that more people expect from an airline.
And flying more planes? The bus schedule has to be maintained. Ask Ralph Kramden...
I have no objection to the orderly line up to board. You don't see gate lice at SW gates like you do at other airline gates.
I used to object to no assigned seats, but found it worked for me in case someone sits next to you that hasn't bathed in a while you could just move to a more suitable location.
If SW's model didn't work, they'd have empty planes. I have rarely seen a more than a few empty seats on SW jets.
I used to object to no assigned seats, but found it worked for me in case someone sits next to you that hasn't bathed in a while you could just move to a more suitable location.
If SW's model didn't work, they'd have empty planes. I have rarely seen a more than a few empty seats on SW jets.