Originally Posted by OpieTaylor

They have a more efficient network. Anytime you can fly from point A to point B via CLT or DFW you have an efficiency loss. It’s great for nonreving, but worse for profits.

Delta serves more stations with the efficiency of only one hub, and it clearly yields them more profit.

It has nothing to do with TVs, better snacks, lounges, or free texting. All that stuff is Delta’s way of avoiding a price war to flex the efficiency of their network.

Letting your competition set the price knowing you have the network advantage and adding cherry’s to your product to command a premium is way more lucrative than to try to sell seats cheaper than them and using the network efficiency as an advantage on lowering cost.

AA can advertise their cost per seat mile are equal to Delta’s but AA has to launch more seat miles to get the seat mile cost cost down. AA is required to operate more overlap than Delta in network coverage to have enough seat miles to get the cost down.

That’s also the reason why they are gun shy on heavys, they can’t have a lower or equal heavy cost per seat mile running way less heavy’s.

Scot Kirby is trying to add seat miles to United’s network to lower cost, and up gauging is a way to avoid overlap on his networks.

AA merging last caused substantially more overlap that can not be consolidated.

Originally Posted by GrossNavError

If I can't get biz class going international I'm not going.
Captains shouldn't let people on the Jumpseat either. Nobody wants someone up there for that long.

Originally Posted by CRJJ

I honestly feel sorry for people like him. One can dislike many things, and that’s perfectly fine. But if everything that comes out of your mouth is pessimistic and negative…..man you really have a miserable life.

Originally Posted by GrossNavError

If I can't get biz class going international I'm not going.
Captains shouldn't let people on the Jumpseat either. Nobody wants someone up there for that long.

Originally Posted by 8802

GNE has just moved into the next phase of trolling. The first phase is trying to convince everyone who you are, next they unleash the stupidity at ever increasing intervals.

It's an internet story as old as time....

Originally Posted by thrust

My guess is he/she/it is a former “C&R/The Line” participant who got a bit bored when it was shut down.

That or another poster’s sock puppet account.

Originally Posted by 170Till5

For example trying to get to/from Rome right now Delta has 1-2 flight a day to/from NYC and 1 every other day to/from ATL.. if you take AA, there is only 1 flight a day to/from PHL.. and that’s your only chance for a direct. Same with every pretty similar story every city pair AA has except LHR

Originally Posted by GrossNavError

Aa should have never merged.
America West didn't add anything to the airline but a bunch of worn out old airbuses and some hubs in 2nd tier low wealth cities.
AA could have gone it alone much better than allowing dui duggie to ruin a great airline. Horton knew what he was doing and had a better team.
Ive said it once I'll say it again, AA of 20 years ago was a more prestigious place that America West International is today.

Originally Posted by GrossNavError

AA should try and rebrand itself as a low cost alternative to United and Delta. Instead of trying to be something they never will be do something they can actually accomplish.

Do more seasonal flying to vacation destinations and have more alacart onboard services for food and drinks.

You'll never get the yields out of cities like dfw, clt, phx and PHL that you would get out of den, sea, lax, ATL, or NYC.

AA 20 years ago could probably make it work, you know back when they flew to Taipei and Osaka for example. But when you merge with a 3rd tier ulcc like America West and your company is run by an Alcoholic with 3 duis this is what you end up with.

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Originally Posted by GrossNavError

Aa should have never merged.
America West didn't add anything to the airline but a bunch of worn out old airbuses and some hubs in 2nd tier low wealth cities.
AA could have gone it alone much better than allowing dui duggie to ruin a great airline. Horton knew what he was doing and had a better team.
Ive said it once I'll say it again, AA of 20 years ago was a more prestigious place that America West International is today.