Originally Posted by
tsquare
However, Doug Parker is closer to Richard Anderson than he is to Jeff Smisek. By a long shot. He is there to stay, and IMHO he will do well because he WANTS to be an airline guy. I could be wrong though.
You may be right in general. But WRT to the large RJ issue, I don't see enough visionary leadership coming from Parker to take on the large RJ outsource paradigm. It just looks too good on paper for the short term. Even the best among his class can't resist it.
Its just how they are wired.
