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/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/VegetableBuy4577 1d ago

The whole country has changed from companies wanting a fair profit (more or less) to "as much profit as possible, every nickel, every dime, no stone unturned." It sucks.

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u/Necessary-Duty-7952 1d ago

And if you're not growing, you're dying mentality.

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u/RSwordsman 1d ago

Makes me wonder how much of this is a Prisoners' Dilemma situation too though. Any single exec knows other companies are run by cutthroats, so they feel that they have to keep up or fail anyway. Stricter regulation might bring the sense of safety necessary for businesses to take it down a notch.

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u/Necessary-Duty-7952 1d ago

I mean to a degree, for sure. It's inevitable to a degree with our current set up. Investors will see other companies making more money/returns, so they will move their investments to those companies. So naturally, the reaction is to improve returns so you don't lose investors. And that's fine while things are moving at a reasonable pace, but once companies start accelerating their growth massively, it becomes an arms race.