Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Here's the key point: IT WOULDN'T BE STOPPING COMMERECE. The company could decide at its sole discretion which routes they wanted to fly, and which they did not. Ending the JV would simply mean that Delta pilots would figure into management's equation on the commerece that management decides to pursue.
How you can say that doesn't help Delta pilots is beyond me.
Carl
Because we would have a massive drawdown in our transatlantic flying. It would also impact our domestic network as FFlyers shifted to airlines that offered a global reach. In the competitive environment we face it's very difficult to maintain many international routes unless they are fed from both ends.