Originally Posted by
TenYearsGone
I contribute to PAC. But dont you see RA is doing the same thing with Virg Atl, AeroMex, Gol, Maybe Sky MArk etc etc etc. All of our equity injections.
I think Etihad is taking a look at our playbook. They like our profits so they are going to mimic us on this new way to make money.
TEN
I don't think they're going to mimic us so much as count on us to continue to gift them capacity while they barf 500-1000 seats a day into every major market we fly to, then possibly offer to sell some of that capacity back to us or someone else for great code share success. They will also get in bed with the US LCC's who are calling plays from the same book. We pull down capacity on routes that they barf right back into so they can stay in perma growth mode and tag team us at our own game. To any extent we talk a big game about global dominance and *gasp* growth, they will call our bluff and count on our MBA's to continue to gift them capacity wherever and whenever they want to grow as they see fit.