Originally Posted by
Timbo
What was interesting was what Ed didn't say...
They don't need to order more -new- airplanes, if instead they plan to buy another airline, or some 'used' airplanes.
Oh, and what about all the capacity pull down talk?
I'm thinking we really don't want to see the next AE (or more likely, A MD).
I agree, the most important thing that is delivered is always in how something is said, or what was omitted.
The capacity discipline that they announced yesterday does not leave us overstaffed next summer. We will by all accounts be at the same staffing we were this summer. (Retirements etc will take away the over staffing that would have occurred) DAL also knows they have a major retirement issue to resolve, and the sooner that is dealt with the better.
There will be MD's on the next bid. Definitely on the DC-9 and maybe the CVG 73N to DTW.