Great reply. Thanks for pointing it out to me. I meant in no way to cast apersions on the bigger airlines. I was merely trying to point out what a good airline Southwest was, while at the same time questioning some of the executive pay soem of the bigger ones get.

I don't remember which airline gave their CEO stock options a few years ago that were in excess of 10,000,000, and they were struggling at the time. If that was the case it seems like management is making some very expensive mistakes.

Once again thanks for the enlightening response.