"Delta will eventually become a LCC"

[FLB717]

FDJ2,
So how many quarters has DAL had a profit? Say in the past 3 YEARS !!! And what is your CSM, 11.+ sumthin. That is the difference between traditional and LCC, can DAL become a LCC, sure, but you don't want to see the blood letting requiered to make it happen.

 

[FDJ2]

FDJ2,
So how many quarters has DAL had a profit? Say in the past 3 YEARS !!! And what is your CSM, 11.+ sumthin. That is the difference between traditional and LCC, can DAL become a LCC, sure, but you don't want to see the blood letting requiered to make it happen.

FLB, I'm not claiming that DAL is a LCC. DAL is a large established network carrier, with a mature work force, not a young upstart with the majority of employees having less than 6 years of seniority. Was Airtran a LCC when it was burning cash in the late 90s when the network carriers were making $$$? You've had a run of profitability, which came to a halt last summer, you'll continue to bleed this falll and most probably this winter, how many losing quarters do you need to have in order to relinquish LCC status? Quite a few upstarts have had similar runs of profitability in the past. How many quarters do you have to have your CASM over 8.3cents, in order to lose LCC status. The real question is, what's a LCC? None of the definitions have any staying power.

 

[FLB717]

If you want to use that argument, fine then what is a Legecy, or traditional carrier? Is Delta, now that they have Song? How many Majors and Upstarts as you call them don't exist anymore? Many of both. You have heard of Pan Am, Eastern, Braniff, TWA? Before this is all over another Major WILL join them, and one or more of the upstarts will join Southeast and Vangaurd. Who will these be, I don't know, but we shall know in the next year or so. If you want to point out that this or that person made money so they must be this or that it will hold no weight unless you are SWA. No other airline can claim anything in comparison, not DAL or AAI.But your point is valid on a few of the levels, that i will agree with.