Originally Posted by
Aviatormar
will go down? If I pandemic didn’t “make it go down” what will? And while paying cash is great for us.. just remember corporate financing doesn’t work like for us plebs. And AA secured deals way earlier. You know before inflation.
"If the 999th cut didn't kill me, why would the 1000th?"
If they are truly too big to fail they should be leaning harder into financial degeneracy, buy a hotel chain and put a runway next to it. It's true that mere mortals are more limited in how they deal with debt than holy corporations, but there is still a limit. If literally every other airline is going to fail, yes AA will get a bail out. If AA and another legacy fail(United) yes they will get a bail out again. If it's AA by itself? I don't think so. While pilots have no real reason to want other airlines to collapse, it's naive to think the C-suite wouldn't all be steepling their fingers grinning for the others to fail, and trying to coax it.
Can you give me something to hang up the Delta hat on, that I can look at and say AA is changing things to make sure they are competitive again? Is there something concrete that you see AA doing differently in the future to actually make money? It can't just be "it hasn't kilt me yet, I'm too mean to die." I want to think AA will do well but I just don't see it. It would be convenient if I could. Losing New York and LA do not bode well, so what are the moves? I also feel like I'm seeing more volume from DL in ORD, but that could be my imagination.
Originally Posted by
DWC CAP10 USAF
I love some friendly ribbing as much as the next guy, but let me clean up a few of your DL bullets:
What is up with sick policy? Do you guys always require a doctor's note, or only after a certain number of sick outs?
Also, any idea on expected growth once things normalize?