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Originally Posted by Wormius
I used to love WJ, but there is absolutely nothing that differentiates it from AC now.
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That is correct.
What I meant was that prior to this announcement, some people were somewhat upset with WestJet for "getting away from their roots" of 1996 with just a couple of old birds swinging between Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and Kelowna. It was supposed to be the Canadian version of Southwest, so what happened? The fact that the Canadian tax/airline structure doesn't really allow a low cost model to thrive as it does in the US has been interpreted by some as greed. WJ's costs are similar to AC now and as I showed above they match fares.
I have no reason to love any company unless I work for them or have stock in them but aside from the esponiage lawsuit you've got to applaud WestJet, to some extent, for the major decisions they've made. To achieve the success they have in Canada is impossible without kicking some people to the curb along the way.