<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I first heard the Wal-Mart analogy from an AC exec in the disappointing Eric Reguly interview with Robert Milton a few months back. Clearly this is AC's corporate line.</font>
That's quite a step down from the "World Class Airline" they bandied about a couple of years ago. Frankly, I don't think being compared to Mall-Wart (er, Wal-Mart) is a particularly good think. In seriousness, they've been successful at what they do, but generally when a business is compared to Wal-Mart it's not usually a compliment.