Originally Posted by
webecheck
From the CC: "And Jim Compton, chief revenue officer, said United is picking up passengers in its hubs."
Seems to me we should add hubs then!
Part of that is tongue in cheek, but at some point you have to spend money to make money. Shrinking isn't the answer, as one analyst asked, especially for an airline so entrenched in international markets. What good would that do besides give the connecting passengers less options. Re-establish Seattle and something in FL.
Check out the March 25th flight ops update on your iPad. Your question was brought up at a town hall meeting. The reason we will never have a Southeast hub is addressed in detail.
This is truly bad news that the net margin gaps are expanding again with our competition. Notice that nobody dared to directly use the "well we are two years behind DAL in our integration" excuse this time on the earnings call? Oscar and this new board are going to have some heavy lifting to do.