Originally Posted by
Dat jet
OldFlyGuy,
That's my point....the widebodies aren't at Delta. I don't think we should buy 40 777s just to have them, but it becomes a problem when the disparity between our widebody fleet and UAL and AMR's widebody fleet continues to grow...to our disadvantage.
I simply agree. I've always felt eventually if we have less "metal" commitment to a JV we will be marginalized. Eventually the JV partners recognize that they have more capital risk at stake and could shift alliances. DL mgmt has addressed this by buying the JV partners. IMO we are looking at a classic "whipsaw" situation down the road. My career is almost done. This is about the future. There is a saying you "dance with the one what brung you" and I don't believe DL is living up to that commitment. If we can't come to an agreement I believe DL will simply propose to dump all scope limits (after all you can't disrupt commerce) and we will be in the same place as EAL vs Lorenzo. I hope I'm wrong. RLA and politics aren't on our side. JMO, OFG