Originally Posted by
intrepidcv11
Meanwhile at UAL in last 3 years service has been added or started to AKL, CTU, HGH, MUC, PVG, SIN, and XIY. UAL ALPA happens to have similar strategies towards job protection as DAL ALPA.
AMR has added AKL, HKG, ICN, and SYD. APA also believes the ME3 are bogeymen.
I see little to no linkage between Delta pulling out of foreign markets (mostly dismantling inter Asia NW NRT hub) and ALPA's appropriate campaign against the three airlines from 'Slavers Bay.' Everyone I know at DAL is keenly aware and far from content about partnership outsourcing.
I'll concede that United has made some smart moves in the Pacific with their 787s, but on the other hand how much was taken away from their Narita hub over the last few years? Also, how much international expansion has been seen in South America since the tie up with Azul?
You can't realistically argue that has those markets (U.S. to Asia and U.S. to South America) have been significantly affected by the ME3.