Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Sometimes it our PTSD gets triggered by anything optimistic.

Leo Mullin: “we have entered a new cost paradigm future looks great, we are spending billions in Boston and new pilot contract billions yadda yadda…”

Reality: hired bankruptcy attorneys, bought a colostomy bag load of RJ’s, furloughed, violated contract, went bankrupt

Jim White: “going to be the launch customer for the 787 and grow”

Reality: “somebody call Jim at the Paris Air Show, tell him Northwest’s President is the new boss, and that he doesn’t work for Delta any more. See if RedHat will send their jet over to get the kid.”


Merged, fleet and network “rationalized” three displacements, two reinstatements, plug for years…


Ed Bastian: “we have a new revenue paradigm and going to make money forever, THANK YOU jet”

Reality: global pandemic wipes us out in a matter of weeks, we park 700 jets and government bailout keeps us alive (and a ton of debt)

My career has been five displacements and two advancements. We’ve learned to use the breaks from the shelling to dig foxholes.