tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post3790210484374221419..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: A Question that Answered ItselfAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-29065735343386335272005-10-21T00:34:00.000-04:002005-10-21T00:34:00.000-04:00The rise of Southwest and other point to point air...The rise of Southwest and other point to point airlines has strategic implications for Boeing versus Airbus. Boeing's future focus is tilted towards point to point customers (medium sized fuel efficient planes). Airbus' future focus is tilted towards hub and spoke customers (large super-Jumbo planes). <br>It will be interesting to see if in the future Southwest expands overseas.Arun Khannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00283104336139330439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-58918653891678732772005-10-21T14:24:00.000-04:002005-10-21T14:24:00.000-04:00intl is an interesting idea for southwest. huge g...intl is an interesting idea for southwest. huge growth. new business model for doing it.<br><br>i am also looking forward to some sort of rotation into growth stocks by professional money managers (but am admittedly okay in the meanwhile). i am also looking forward to some sign that the fed may stop raising interest rates in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-20729506784170248042005-10-21T14:30:00.000-04:002005-10-21T14:30:00.000-04:00On the WSJ: the edit board called the Robert C. By...On the WSJ: the edit board called the Robert C. Byrd Scholarship program "pork" in yesterday's WSJ. Back in 1993, I got the scholarship and would argue it is not pork. No bid contracts to Halliburton would be porky.<br><br>The scholarship was $1,500 per year back int he 1990s, and apparently it is still $1,500 per year (meanwhile college costs are up big) in the 2000s. This 0% annual per capita increase does not seem like pork. <br><br>The current system gives new perks and entitlements to old people and takes from young people.<br><br>http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesbyrd/awards.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-59789931547251863152005-10-21T14:34:00.000-04:002005-10-21T14:34:00.000-04:00one more:The irony of this to me is that the Byrd ...one more:<br><br>The irony of this to me is that the Byrd scholarship enabled me to spend a summer in an unpaid intern working for guess who... Republicans in Washington DC. Such an experience was enabled by scholarships, including the Byrd scholarship. Now the Republicans want to nix it. Apparently the WSJ thinks it is a good idea to publicize it as some sort of sign of disciplined spending by Republicans.<br><br>What a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-60744781702068729822005-10-21T15:55:00.000-04:002005-10-21T15:55:00.000-04:00Alta, Snowbird, Park City, Snowbasin - never heard...Alta, Snowbird, Park City, Snowbasin - never heard of these? Where they had the Olympics?<br><br>Super easy access from Manchester on SWA. Most convenient (and arguably the best) in the lower 48!elhuevonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14218000715558638793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-59591136259918664042005-10-21T16:02:00.000-04:002005-10-21T16:02:00.000-04:00You are right--the Wasatch range is part of the Ro...You are right--the Wasatch range is part of the Rockies and I should have been clearer above, particularly given how much I liked skiing at Alta years ago.Andrew Samwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-86555093389121968842005-10-21T21:52:00.000-04:002005-10-21T21:52:00.000-04:00Alta does not have snowboarders? and may be great ...Alta does not have snowboarders? and may be great for ski purists. Plus Alta gets tons of snow?<br><br>As for places I've never been: I've never put it in any sort of prioritized list...<br><br>I want to check out Sun Valley (Idaho) some time. It may be more of a west coast ski destination. There is an interesting book store in Sunny Valley.<br><br>Jackson Hole in Wyoming would also be interesting. The mountain looks like it is steep, jagged and intense. Low-tax people may like Wyoming.<br><br>Whistler would be fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-68495114674886076032005-10-21T22:08:00.000-04:002005-10-21T22:08:00.000-04:00One more:I like snow skiing. I never went to a re...One more:<br><br>I like snow skiing. I never went to a real mountain for snow skiing until age 24? (around 1999 or so?)and could pay for it myself. It was awesome. I proceeded to binge ski.<br><br>Then the economy tanked around year 2001-2002, or at least slowed. The employer that consumed the majority of my time (my most valuable asset) ceased to exist. I have not been snow skiing since the econ downturn around 2001-2002.<br><br>I read an article in a newspaper (either NYT or WSJ) that said reservations are up this year for ski places out west. maybe this signals the economy is better, yet I am making no reservations...<br><br>This blog topic leads to an interesting hypothesis. Prof DeLong has a "popular" blog where lots of people post. DeLong tends to be a liberal democrat (moreso than Samwick?), and DeLong's blog may appeal to people that may have been marginalized during the last downturn or that do not have opportunities during 1-party rule in Washington. Thus, his blog is popular. I do not think DeLong has a big, Rocky-Mt snowskiing constituency surfing and posting to his blog. A lot of pioneering blogs probably do not have lots of mt. snow skiers. Snow skiing out west takes money and job security. Wealthy people are busy "running" corporate america; when it comes to blogs and posting on blogs, wealthy conservative people are opposed to change, or taking risk. Why blog when you do not need to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-23548862887106228172005-10-24T05:54:00.000-04:002005-10-24T05:54:00.000-04:00What if fuel prices had fallen?What if fuel prices had fallen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-82862415691046789912005-10-24T11:24:00.000-04:002005-10-24T11:24:00.000-04:00Then Southwest would have lost money on its hedged...Then Southwest would have lost money on its hedged positions. But considering the risks to the airline industry based on cash flow, that would have been a minor problem to have.Andrew Samwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.com