The Times Tongue-Kisses Southwest

Is this story in The New York Times today: a) a fawning profile of a business under seige by its larger local competitor; b) a case study in mid-1970s retro-feminism; c) a celebration of a job well done and proof that when treated well, employees will last forever; d) a…

Forbes: Wright Ain’t Right

Steve “Flat Tax” Forbes weighs in on the Wright Amendment this week. For what it’s worth (a billion dollars?), he’s against it. Then again, I could be reading it wrong when he refers to the Wright Amendment as “a pernicious measure enacted to hobble a then new airline, Southwest.” –Robert…

Wright is Wrong. No, Wait. Right. Wrong. Uh.

As someone who lives in the flight path of Love Field Airport–by which I mean I must have a runway in my driveway–I must admit, I don’t much care about what happens with the Wright Amendment. On the one hand, yeah, the noise is annoying on those rare occasions when…

Qantas Never Crashed. Never Crashed.

I guess Raymond “Rain Man” Babbitt would be happy about this development. And my pal Tearlach Hutcheson, that Landmark Theater-lovin’ Aussie who flies to Sydney regularly (which is to say, more than you or I). “Imagine you’re from New York and have to fly to Los Angeles, whch is five…