"In my opinion we can compete head to head from LAX with any Asian carrier."

The key is his use of can.

Infrastructure issues aside, he is correct. However, management has chosen not to.

In my opinion we do not and will not compete head to head from LAX with any Asian carrier. I followed A CEA 787 out just a few days ago. BTW our gate was surrounded by VA 787s as well. But I finally got to park at T2. Much better than T3, so there's that.