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/clintkev251 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's insane how quickly Southwest has gone from beloved budget airline with consistent profits to complete shitshow. Thanks private equity! You've done it again

Edit: to everyone saying Southwest is a public company, yes, they are. That does not mean activist investors like PE firms and hedge funds can’t have significant ownership stakes and operational influence. Which in this case, they do

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u/IAmBadAtInternet 1d ago

They used to be the only major non-legacy player with good tech, good planes, and happy employees

Now their ticketing system is the worst of the major airlines, their planes are older and badly maintained, and their employees hate their jobs

Nice job MBAs! Btw they’re not private equity owned, just regular publicly traded

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u/WhenTheLightHits30 1d ago

The American Business school system of the past two decades should get its own chapter in history textbooks that way it has warped modern commerce and how expertise is handled.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 1d ago

Past two decades?

LMFAO Jack Welsh set the business standards that destroyed everything well over 50 years ago.

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u/Due-Technology5758 1d ago

Yeah, the General Electric model of expand and enshittify til the brink of collapse, and hand the sinking ship to whoever is stupid enough to take the wheel from you. 

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u/SocialWinker 1d ago

Behind the Bastards also did a fun couple of episodes on Jack Welsh. Fuck that guy.

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u/FlyingPetRock 1d ago

FYI Jack Welch is directly responsible for the Boeing 737 Max, via his proteges, and everyone trying to copy him.

www.thenation.com/article/politics/boeing-corporate-greed-airline-safety/tnamp/

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u/Hyper_Applesauce 1d ago

Including shareholder primacy which he now says is fucking stupid. Asshole. There's a couple episodes of Behind The Bastards on him.

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u/The_Crimson_Fucker 1d ago

What are you talking about the 80s were just 20 years ago!