Originally Posted by
TenYearsGone
RA is the king of: "There is no money in: Fill-in-the-blank" or "its not part of our core business".
RA likes to shrink to profitability with two nice tools he can use. These tools are called outsourcing (via joint ventures) and increased pilot utilization (via greedy/hungry pilots)
He is a very smart and strategic manager. Like I said, DELTA is on a Diet. Short of any other unforeseen "Force Majuere" events; we will become a very lean and mean entity. The only problem is that the others will grow to profitability while we salivate over here. But it is not about us, it is about RA and his shareholders
TEN
TYG,
When you say "shrink to profitability" you have to be specific. Many guys on here will throw out the old standby "No airline has ever shrunk to profitability." To which I say - correct but in the age of code-shares and outsourcing (which you correctly mention" that old standby no longer holds true.
DAL can shrink or grow its "network" regardless of what happens to Mainline Delta. So if mainline Delta actually shrinks but the network grows are we shrinking?
From a passenger or travel department point of view - No. From an employee (Pilot) point of view - yes we are shrinking.
Scoop