Originally Posted by
Scoop
Fly,
Two quick things come to mind - first are you referring to the same RA who when coming to DAL said, "I am not here to do a merger with NW."
Second, if RA and his minions were actually working on a merger do you think he would want to, or even would be allowed to, legally discuss it?
Scoop
And said prior to the merger Memphis was going to grow and get more international flights...
“In this very room in 2008, Richard Anderson, Delta’s CEO, said about the future of the Memphis hub, it will be additional. It will be more business for Memphis, not less.
“I expressed concern to him about reduced service or even outright elimination of the hub and asked him about continuation the Memphis-Amsterdam international flight of which we had great pride. At that hearing, Mr. Anderson in this room testified that there would be no hub closures, and he said the merger would maintain international flights to Amsterdam.
“He went further to say we could expect more international flights from Memphis, and suggested that Memphis to Paris would happen. And he said there would be more flights, this will enhance the status of traffic and service at the Memphis International Airport. He said it would add, not take away from Memphis International Airport.
“He said he knew Memphis from when he was at Northwest, and he loved the ribs, he loved the city, he knew how great the airport was, how well managed it was, how the time on the tarmac and taking off was less, that they saved oil and it was the best connections they could possibly have.
Those facts were true. His response was not."
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/american-airlines-us-airways-hearing-the-unhappy-comments-of-rep-steve-cohen.html/