flyingirishman
I read an recent article written by the new President of Southwest who said that keeping costs down was always a priority, and especially now. She also said that external costs over which she had no control was a big issue. Sounds similar to you guys.
I was talking to a Southwest pilot the other day who said Southwest were never afraid of the majors because their high costs always kept them uncompetitive. He said the only thing Southwest were scared of were the RJs, as they allowed the new short haul carriers to be very cost effective. So things are always changing all the time.
You will delighted to hear that Ryanair won 'Best Airline in the World' award from the Arizona Tribune last week. The travel editor obviously based this upon a single flight taken during his vast world travels which took him to a massive six countries and a massive ten US states (and he was strangely proud of this). Anyway, the word is getting out!