The number one difference between WN and B6 when it comes to growth is the rate of growth. WN adds no more than 3 cities a year while B6 is adding twice as many. A high rate of growth is dangerous to an airline. Look at the original Braniff. They expanded rapidly after deregulation in 1978. They are no longer with us. B6 made a major blunder when it ordered so many aircraft for delivery in a relativley short period of time. Also made a bad decision in order the 190. David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: Alireza Alivandivafa <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > Growth, per se, isn't their problem. Their problem is the fact that they > have over 100 planes coming on over the near term and must find somewhere to put > them. It doesn't help that they can't manage a yield to save their lives. I > mean, WN gets the highest average economy yield in the domestic market and > doesn't even really try. This really appears to be a major weakness of the Open > Skies booking system and jetBlue's own ego > > > In a message dated 2/22/2006 12:46:54 PM Central Standard Time, > damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > JetBlue is not going to make it if they don't scale back their aggressive > growth as you can see by the following article.