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Rin says

WookieMan says

without hiring some dip shits

Considering that MBA types already run corporate America, the ship of 'hiring dipshits' has already sailed.

True. There's just not enough educated blacks to fill 20% of Boeings workforce unless they're mostly janitors. And it's not racist, it's just math when they only make up ~13% of the population and the demographic has very poor education results. These are airplanes that move millions annually, not something like a making a shovel that is low skill.

WookieMan says

I'm a huge Southwest guy, but if this goes down I might switch airlines.

One good thing about Southwest is that they don't buy a lot of planes. They have almost all Boeing 737s I think, but they have owned them a long time.

zzyzzx says

Today, any shareholder (or group of shareholders) who has owned at least $2,000, or 1% of a company's stock continuously for at least a year may introduce a proposal. These proposals are often termed "direct proxy access" and focus most prominently on allowing shareholders to nominate director candidates.

Thanks, I'll see if I can introduce a proposal to hire employees based on competence alone.

Patrick says

They have almost all Boeing 737s I think, but they have owned them a long time.

It's all 737's which makes them a safer airline. They can streamline maintenance and upkeep by making their employees experts on one model of aircraft. They do have a shitload of idle 737 Max's though, so they do buy new planes. They have 40ish still set to be put in service that are parked, but they were under contract for up to ~120 planes (737max). The MAX was a huge deal for Southwest and has hurt their pocketbook and obviously Boeings.

I just want air travel back to normal. I think we're nearing 5-6 flights cancelled this year. October trip to St. John might be done at this point with the USVI closing back down. Travel is our addiction and we can barely feed it right now.