Delta Cuts Service

[skypine69]

Are you serious? Sioux Falls? Cedar Rapids? Lincoln? Peoria? Anywhere in Wisconsin? Who gives a sh!t about any of these places? They are dropping them because nobody goes there! All these places are on my list of crappy overnites (well, LNK was OK, but only during football season when the college chicks got all lubed up and started taking clothes off.)

 

[SpauldingSmails]

There's really nothing shocking about flights to and from certain hubs being cut, the O&D traffic from these cities is most likely not to the hubs.

LNK, FSD, CID and MSN are all truly NWA territory, I'm frankly not surprised at all.

 

[flyn96]

Mesaba sucks worse!

Thats right, you're still blaming the economics woes of your crap a$s town in Iowa on a Mesaba flight the supposedly went miss approach on a day when it was MVFR.

 

[i fly boxes]

just remember, no one will lose their job due to this merger

 

[Whataburger]

What does General Spin have to say about this?

 

[hockeypilot44]

just remember, no one will lose their job due to this merger

That was never said. It was said that "no front-line employees will involuntarily lose their jobs due to this merger." So far NWA and Delta have kept to that with their own employees.

 

[Whataburger]

What's the definition of "front line?" Is the agent in Cedar Rapids not front line?

 

[redflyer65]

All contract workers. No Delta or NW at those stations. (Maybe MSN still)

The Northwest rampers held onto those cities longer than any other legacy carrier. They became bitter in the end. There hadn't been a main line flight into those small Midwestern towns in years.

 

[titans10]

What's the definition of "front line?" Is the agent in Cedar Rapids not front line?

Did not include regional flying I believe. It only included front line mainlines employees I do believe.

 

[planejockey]

just like any trend in the industry, watch good paying jobs being farmed out to the BORG (RAH), Skypest, Depressjet, etc. and when those get expensive say hello to Aero Mexico and Grand China!

 

[Stifler's Mom]

I see this as the benefit of consolidating the two airlines. No need to serve BVT from ATL, when MSP or DTW can do it.

It sucks for us, but that is one of the benefits of the merger. Unless I am missing something (which is very possible)

 

[contrail67]

What's the definition of "front line?" Is the agent in Cedar Rapids not front line?

She is the front line.....seen her?

 

[redflyer65]

The whole cutback from these cities was probably put into play along time ago.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

Shrink your airline into Profitablility!

-Six Sigma!!

-"Synergy!!!"

Seems more like Delta shrinking YOUR airline to profitibility if you ask me......

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Seems more like Delta shrinking YOUR airline to profitibility if you ask me......

Bingo, we have a winner!!!!!!

Why send a 50 seater from both DTW and ATL when they can force everyone to connect through DTW on a 76 seater? They cut cost and seats (to be able to raise prices possibly) at the same time. Delta doesn't give a crap if you now have to connect twice to get somewhere when before it was only once.... and most likely you don't either if the price is still there....