Originally Posted by
Sputnik
Here's a naive question, I was looking at the APC mandatory retirement numbers, they don't go over 200/year till 2016. Assuming those numbers are accurate (?), why is Delta hiring so much right now? And why the confidence they'll keep hiring 500/year forever?
Is there a lot of expansion going on?
Delta has phenomenal marketing. They have successfully developed profitable route structures and theyre capitalizing on that by expanding. Future west coast expansion to support SEA feed since Alaska is no longer doing it will also play a role.