2022-12-28 08:44 UTC
@dascandy42@mastodon.social Nope, Southwest is very much not the American version of Ryanair. That would be Spirit. Southwest is its own thing. They bear some similarities to ultra low cost carriers (turning around aircraft fast, no interline agreements, serving secondary airports) but many differences (unlike other major US airlines, two checked bags are free on Southwest).
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@dascandy42@mastodon.social 2022-12-28 08:45
@tprophet@defcon.social Ah good point, Ryanair squeezes you on every corner and Southwest is then actually better. Not that that says much, as your thread explains - they still squeeze you on every bit that really matters.
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@BAPearlmutter@fosstodon.org 2022-12-28 10:31
@tprophet@defcon.social @dascandy42@mastodon.social The founder of RyanAir discusses at length how he based the plan on Southwest (rapid turnaround, no assigned seats) with some changes of course (extra charges to get a drink of water or check a bag.) I suppose Europeans are used to misc charges, like €0.50 to use a toilet in a mall, so that worked.