Another small victory for DL...Airtran leaves GSO

[Mugs]

Mugs, if you want a straight answer, ask a straight question. If you just want to throw mud, find someone else to play with.

If you really feel a huge, honking need to blame someone, though, the blame really belongs at the feet of the legacy carriers.

We came into towns with high fares. We offered to provide service at lower, yet profitable rates. Legacy responds by dumping another three, four or five more flights a day into said market, at prices they can;t make money at. Yields plummet. Sometimes, we stay and sometimes we go.

Oh come on Ty. You have thrown your share of mud pies around this sandbox since your FCharter days. Besides, I didn't throw any anyway. What I was simply getting at is an issue with the growth of LCC's and contraction (domestic) of large hub and spoke carriers. It will be interesting to see how the smaller communities do as this shakes out. The fact that companies like yours may not stay in a marginal market indicates that in the future, many markets that still have service today might be left with none tomorrow.