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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
After reading post #5 and now this one, it's apparent that you have no idea what you're talking about. I, on the other hand, know exactly what you're talking about, and I suspect that everyone else here (like those who understand the words "accounting charge") know what you're talking about as well.

Given that WN didn't actually lose money in the third quarter from its flying, any suggestion that the loss was "manufactured" in order to get a leg up in labor negotiations is ludicrous. Carry on.
So basically what you've achieved with this post is to insinuate that I'm stupid, and that my theory is completely false.. Message received..

But you might want to support your case with something that holds more water than to simply say "it's ludicrous", otherwise I'm not going to take it seriously. Maybe I don't have much knowledge of the market, but I am privy to information that you're not on the labor negotiations end, and the timing could not have been more perfect. It also seems like sort of a semi manipulated way of posting a loss.. Like you say, it's not from actual operations, it's from "special items"..
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