Originally Posted by
tsquare
Interesting that when DAL wants to come in and compete, you refer to it as "hubristic". Make no mistake, if we got those gates, we WOULD use them, and we WOULD make money. SWA on the other hand, buys Airtran, and talks how they are gonna come in and take Atlanta. What's their flight count now? Hint: A LOT less than it was at the time of the merger. Clark Howard is on a ventilator because of it.
The problem is that SWA is still viewed as a LCC by those in the position to control those gates, and for that I tip my hat to SWA management. It still doesn't change the fact that wherever we have gone head to head, we will beat them....
Why is that interesting? Selling tickets already for routes you don't yet have from gates that the DOJ has already said you'll be ineligible to bid for is pretty ballsy. Plain and simple. DAL won't be getting those gates unless something shady goes down.