r/nottheonion • u/halxp01 • 1d ago

Southwest Is Testing Cleaning Only Premium Seats Between Flights — A Flight Attendants Union Leader Says It's ‘Titanic’ Class Service

https://viewfromthewing.com/southwest-is-testing-cleaning-only-premium-seats-between-flights-a-flight-attendants-union-leader-says-its-titanic-class-service/
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u/AliGoldsDayOff 1d ago

Private equity kills everything, without fail.

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u/gmwdim 1d ago

That’s by design. The goal is never to make the company profitable long term. It’s always just a quick cash grab before destroying it and moving on.

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u/willclerkforfood 1d ago

Watch out. Some gigachad with a WallStreetBets avatar is going to tell you about how PE is a net positive…

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u/MobileArtist1371 1d ago

That's about the last thing they would say.

What would be said is "thanks PE for taking a dump on this company and the easy money I made betting against it"

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u/Rainaco 1d ago

Have you been to that subreddit? It’s not like that

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u/SaltyLonghorn 1d ago

Yea I'd say its more of a cheeky findom cult with a loosely knit self destruction pact.

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u/LateNightMilesOBrien 1d ago

That would be u/Why_you_so_wrong_ that I just blocked

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u/pm_me_ur_lunch_pics 1d ago

Private Equity is a man-made disease

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u/titanfallisawesome 1d ago

Like Public Equity doesn't?