Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
06-26-2012, 06:58 AM
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The "time of the low cost carrier" will always exist in the market. But from an airline perspective, it is impossible to remain a low cost carrier without the sort of creative destruction that Delta wages on its Connection Carriers.
Southwest is no where near a "low cost carrier." US Air is. Allegient is. GoJets is. Southwest's costs are higher than Delta's. The fact Southwest bought and is mostly dismantling AirTran should be a clear signal to you that they are out of fresh domestic markets and out of fresh ideas.
IMHO, leaving Delta for Southwest would be a mistake.
Caveats:
Southwest is no where near a "low cost carrier." US Air is. Allegient is. GoJets is. Southwest's costs are higher than Delta's. The fact Southwest bought and is mostly dismantling AirTran should be a clear signal to you that they are out of fresh domestic markets and out of fresh ideas.
IMHO, leaving Delta for Southwest would be a mistake.
Caveats:
- Delta needs to make money if this career is going to work
- We need to stop outsourcing & turn that around
- Mergers ... who knows what might happen in another merger?
I agree with your post 100%
06-26-2012, 07:09 AM
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06-26-2012, 07:13 AM
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06-26-2012, 07:13 AM
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Not EGO at all, we have been sold regionals on the premise that it builds markets that someday will move to mainline. I don' see DFW-DTW as a market that needs to be built as other carriers serve the route with a mainline jet. So lets dig the company out of another big mistake,the 50 seater they want to dump now. How many millions have they lost on that great decision???
06-26-2012, 07:17 AM
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06-26-2012, 07:21 AM
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Not EGO at all, we have been sold regionals on the premise that it builds markets that someday will move to mainline. I don' see DFW-DTW as a market that needs to be built as other carriers serve the route with a mainline jet. So lets dig the company out of another big mistake,the 50 seater they want to dump now. How many millions have they lost on that great decision???
06-26-2012, 07:32 AM
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Thanks for the support Ballbreaker!!!!!!
06-26-2012, 07:51 AM
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SWA is a great airline and well run, but you work for one too. If I didn't work for FDX, DAL would be my next choice. Your managment is good management in today's airline world. 10 years is forever in the airline industry, 5 years is a stretch. 10 years ago FDX, UPS and SWA were just becoming the place to be while, AA, UAL, DAL, NWA had just become the places not be. (DAL has done an incredible job returning itself as a respectable airline. I know it is far from perfect, but all airlines are far from perfect.) Take a look at airline history, it has always been that way.
06-26-2012, 08:21 AM
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what happened to our proposed GUM base?
06-26-2012, 08:28 AM
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