<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cholula:
DL is unlikely now, if ever, to actually admit their present and future woes are.....GASP!!!....due to any bonehead decisions by management. This is a target rich environment to lay off blame. Fuel costs, war, 9/11, the economy, the weather, low cost start-ups, blah, blah, blah will get the blame. IMO, "We made a terminal and ultimately fatal error in revising our SM's program" will never make the list of excuses for their financial difficulties.</font>
You hit the nail on the head- Whenever there is someone else to blame- do it. I suppose someone must be teaching this philosophy at MBA programs across the country. Very sad, indeed.