Originally Posted by
gloopy
You're blurring more lines than you're clarifying here. DL could liquidate while EDV remains. Don't think it can't happen. Pan Am, Eastern, etc. If something were to happen that truly endangered the airline, they could easily sell off EDV or spin them off to make quick cash while dismembering the husk of the former mainline.
"Yes anything is possible but its doubtful with only 3 main carriers left and does anyone believe 9E would survive before anything bad happens to DAL?"
A legally striking regional today would have WAY more leverage. And I would think they'd get some help from mainlines and the rest of the industry. I'd gladly pay a relatively large assessment to give them all the leverage they needed to raise the bar and squash the model.
You mean like the help COMAIR had? I do not agree with their methods or what they were trying to do but I think any trust was lost on both sides and the bitterness still remains.
Since it appears you have taken it upon yourself to be he answerman at the moment then why was it necessary for DAL MEC to promote changes to ALPA's merger policy before a buyout of COMAIR? Except for greed why is it necessary to have separate systems for literally the same job? If you truly believe in protecting DAL brand then how can it only be protected at one level?
If you had read anything about aviation history and Flying The Line one has to wonder for those that did all the hard work in the beginnings of our airline industry to help their fellow airmen and sacrifices they made, if our current system would meet their approval or an abomination. I think its closer to the latter.