Originally Posted by
forgotto bid
There were no domestic lines at the time. The one in September I traded around for (ifi remember right) two 6-day Heathrow/JFKs and one 4 day SP to CDG. Good times. After that it was LHR, CDG, DUB and lots of Milan then MD-88.
FTB,
It was simply the perfect storm. The lump sum retirements caused massive movement on the DAL side, & based on the economy with or without the merger it'd would've been corrected. With the economy tanking, DAL as a stand alone carrier would've halted the international expansion and pulled out of markets just as we've done as a merged company. There would've been displacements, & 07 hires would've been kicked to NYC M88 B. Heck, NWA & DAL likely would've furloughed again.