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It's Clear: Hawaiian Airlines Is In The Doldrums

It's Clear: Hawaiian Airlines Is In The Doldrums

Executives continue to practice radical candor on earnings calls, listing everything that has gone wrong in the past six months, often in impressive detail.

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Apr 26, 2023
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When an airline posts a -20.5 percent pre-tax margin during a non-Covid period — even in the typically weak first quarter — observers may wonder about management’s job security. But as Hawaiian executives discussed their recent troubles on Tuesday’s earnings call, I wondered if this was a case of very bad luck, as just about everything that…

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