Hopeful,
Not the best example as their are two advantages atheletes have over airline...
1)virtual monopoly...Minneapolis has one baseball team. They have 1 hun in NW, but can still use AA, CO, DL, UA, et. al. to get somewhere...competition has that nasty habit of hurting revenue.
2)Sports teams, as the players know, has loyalty....loyalty in the airlines is built on who has the lowest price when I want to go where I want to go.
...and if they're so bad a mgmt team, get some buddys at work together and start buying shares...GOD NO, I'm not proposing an ESOP. I'm saying call your broker and buy shares independantly. Buy as a group...become a challenger of what you think is wrong. But, please, should you choose a route like this, begin to understand the business from all sides, not just the operation.