Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
DCI isn't my worry as much as Air France, Emirate, Virgin and their buddies are. I'm just calling the trends and trying to explain the defensive plays.
Management does not care about burning down houses in Peachtree City when they live in Buckhead and Manhattan. Comair's living in their former tool shed and our other siblings were adopted by the highest bidder.
Just looking at the numbers, Delta is more than happy to broker tickets and fill airplanes operated by other airlines. In the last ten years I've seen nearly no indication Delta has an interest in taking market share except for a brief pop of activity from the quickly deposed Jim Whitehurst.
IMHO, our current management would engage in self help.
By the way anyone seen how Red Hat is doing? That stock has doubled since Jim's been there.
Bucking Bar, you make a lot of sense. I've never been one to think that outsourcing flying to the lowest bidder was an ALPA national conspiracy, why would national want less dues money from each pilot, but it was more a matter of what the Delta pilots themselves set as our priorities. I think early on it was just show me the money and don't worry about flying below your bid status and during bankruptcy it was more a matter of getting the notes and claims and avoidiong the uncertainty of a contract rejection and possible strike during BK.
We're not in BK anymore and hopefully we've learned our lesson.
I also believe that JV, international code sharing and cabotage are a bigger threat in the future.