Originally Posted by
gzsg
Outstanding post!
I believe the flying will come home to mainline faster than anyone expects. Delta will be the first mover. RA cannot live with the poor performance of the DCI. At the end of the day, it says Delta on the side of those planes.
I agree.
Richard and Richard have been using the word "Fire Brand" a lot lately. Having control of our brand is a big issue these days. I think RA is the first airline CEO in forever that understands we are not a commodity. A quality product will earn a premium and having the 76-seat fleet flown at mainline is probably the single biggest quality control issue we have at Delta right now. It just isn't that easy to bring it all in house with all the dang contracts they have signed the last 10 years.