Originally Posted by
GuyIncognito
I didn't say they should have sat around on a pile of cash. I said maybe they should have taken one row of seats out of their planes. Or included a carry-on bag with every ticket. Or made their websites more functional. Or done literally anything else with that $45 billion that would make me more sympathetic to their cause. They didn't have to please consumers for the last ten years because they had plenty of demand and, well, that's business. But now the shoe is on the other foot. Why shouldn't we have demands?
Who is "we"?
The owners of UA, e.g. its shareholders, received a benefit. That includes large institutional funds such as teacher & fire fighter pension plans. Remove a row of seats rather than properly fund an EMT's pension? It's all a balance.