Originally Posted by
Seggy
Do you really think folks on here are naive to think that just because a consultant says something they speak the truth about a subject?
Here's one for you Marc:
"We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvable problems."
or a Ted Turner "ism": "Either lead, follow, or get out of the way".
The American carriers are dropping the ball by letting all of this new traffic go to other carriers. Their constant whinging about it isn't going to change the fact that the ME3 are serving a market that neither they nor their alliance partners saw as an opportunity.
That's business Marc. When there is a void left by arrogant and incompetent players it will be filled by others. Now that it has been effectively filled by others the complaining starts.
I'm all for the U.S. carriers doing well, that's what you don't seem to understand. Yet, I firmly believe ALPA and Richard Anderson are on the wrong path to long term success. Protectionism is not the answer.
Typhoonpilot