Hey look, Delta wants to add service to Dallas Love Field

[nwaf16dude]

There will probably be some RJs involved, but at least some of it will be done with 717s

 

[Flybywire44]

Wow, that was an awesome response, maybe Pulitzer Prize winning! You sure are smart! You were probably head of your class at Oswego State Community college. Congrats!


Bye Bye---General Lee

General,

You have to keep in mind that you fuel your life by advertising an I'm better than you mentality.

This is somewhat low class.

 

[dicko]

There will probably be some RJs involved, but at least some of it will be done with 717s

Not having a go at you, but that's a pretty sad truth isn't it ?

Those mainline flights will be almost indistinguishable from the SWA product in coach. On the RJ, the difference increases to favor the SWA product. For a coach class passenger, the motivation to ride on the Legacy carrier should be the superior product. Unfortunately, I don't see it. The ironic exception is DAL's now superior on time performance.

 

[Flopgut]

Those mainline flights will be almost indistinguishable from the SWA product in coach. On the RJ, the difference increases to favor the SWA product. For a coach class passenger, the motivation to ride on the Legacy carrier should be the superior product. Unfortunately, I don't see it. The ironic exception is DAL's now superior on time performance.

The motivation to ride on a legacy is also the frequent flyer program. SWA's Rapid Rewards is pretty awful compared to what it was. The miles go a whole lot better places on the legacy, and they're now easier to get.

 

[Flopgut]

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/...-may-prompt-bidding-battle-among-carriers.ece

Justice official William Baer, who headed DOJ?s lawsuit, made it clear Tuesday that the agency wants low-cost carriers to get the airport gates that American and US Airways must divest, as well as takeoff and landing slots that must be sold at LaGuardia and Washington Reagan National Airport.
?We see legacy carriers ? and our complaint issued in August makes this pretty clear ? as part of the problem. We see low-cost carriers as a key part of the solution,? Baer told reporters.
Asked if so-called ?legacy? carriers Delta and United should bother applying, Baer replied: ?That?s up to them. But the [settlement] papers make it pretty clear where we think these gates and slots need to go in order to improve on a competitive dynamic today, which is not as healthy as it could be.?

Not at all surprising to many of us legacy types, the DOJ wants to pick winners in this deal. The fact DLF gates are in the USAir American merger divestures at all is disgusting enough. Add to that the DOJ specifically calls legacies the "problem" and specifically speaks to taking the gates as retaliation is BS. Delta ought to have as much right to those as any other airline.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

It's ridiculous that in today's airline game, we still don't have a level playing field.

Those "evil" legacy carriers who continue to fly to all the no-money podunks out there for the people.

I would really like to see the special cities and fares once JB and SWA gets their silver platter handed to them.

 

[Freebrd]

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/...-may-prompt-bidding-battle-among-carriers.ece

Add to that the DOJ specifically calls legacies the "problem" and specifically speaks to taking the gates as retaliation is BS. Delta ought to have as much right to those as any other airline.

Hmm deregulation, isn't that supposed to be the name of the game? Legacies are just as entitled as LLCs are.

 

[canyonblue]

It's ridiculous that in today's airline game, we still don't have a level playing field.
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I agree! Look at Eastern and Pan Am, they ran out of money and were gone. Today you go to the legacy airline car wash known as bankruptcy and we have to compete with that bullish!t, unbelievable!!!:angryfire

 

[General Lee]

I agree! Look at Eastern and Pan Am, they ran out of money and were gone. Today you go to the legacy airline car wash known as bankruptcy and we have to compete with that bullish!t, unbelievable!!!:angryfire

Thankfully, it will be available if you guys have to go through it. Doesn't that make you feel better? It should....


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Flopgut]

I agree! Look at Eastern and Pan Am, they ran out of money and were gone. Today you go to the legacy airline car wash known as bankruptcy and we have to compete with that bullish!t, unbelievable!!!:angryfire

BK is no fun, and I hope you never go thru it. None of us wanted to go thru it, *willingly*, In other words: it's not like you have to now compete with a bunch of pilots who sponsored their own training, worked for chronically low wages for decades, and flew airplanes for no pension, right?

Frankly, I have a problem with you even using the word "compete". You're not "competing" for anything. You're company is a war and terror profiteer simply waiting to take advantage of the next crisis, the next spoils, or the next Texas airport stunt. How about you use the word "exploit"? That's a bit more fitting for you.