Originally Posted by
boog123
I always love how some DAL guys just love to say "NRT is dead". No clue of the actual economics, treaties, pacts, efficiencies, history, loyalty. Just, it was NWA's, so let's hope it goes away. Stupid. Do you have any clue how many pilot jobs would be lost if the operation went away. Be careful what you "hope" for.
Who said they "hope" for the NRT hub to go away? What I find interesting is that there are many that are so googly eyed for the 787 that they do not acknowledge what that airframe WILL do to the NRT hub. DAL will not live in the past. NRT will either be productive or it will not. There is no nostalgia in business. If it makes money , DAL will keep it. If it doesn't, it will go away. Dalad said that we still serve the islands from there, and I concur. Other than that, it is nothing but a fuel stop on the way to the real growth market, China. And why stop when you have the capability to go direct with 787s or even A330s with a long range package? In business you either grow or die. If growth plans do not include NRT, I say sayonara.