Originally Posted by
OTZeagle1
Well I hope Q2 surprises. AAL market cap has shrunk to 16B, AS is 7.5. UAL can’t get out of its own way. On the AS side I have heard of 70 Captains overstaffed. If things don’t change 40 A320 down grades and 30 Boeing are coming this fall. That should change the rhetoric around here. You all sound like a bunch of cry babies. Step up do your job, do a good job, build a great company and maybe in 2020 you will be able to negotiate improvements. Drag your feet, cry like children and see what we get.
Even though you clearly enjoy posting as a condescending a$$, I have a serious question for ya....
So let’s assume we don’t get bought. And, we don’t grow fast enough through M&A or organic growth....
What’s to stop Delta, from cutting rates long enough to run us out of our own market the same way Middle Eastern Airlines (Emirates, Etihad) are doing to Delta? They’ve already started putting pressure on our throat by pressuring code share partners to cut ties.
What’s our hedge? We’re pushing back deliveries. Nobody seems to think holding on to our niche long term works.