Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
Because:
- The announcement came from left field.
- The announcement instantly removed one (maybe two?) regionals from death row and instantly put one (maybe two?) other regionals on it.
- AA and DL probably will play copycat. Who knows how that will change the regional playing field?
The announcement is a game-changer. Everyone flying for a regional ultimately is playing that same game. We're all taking notice.
The question is whether AA can afford to play copycat and fall further behind an already expanding revenue gap between DL and UA.