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04-26-2008, 12:46 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MaydayMark

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080423/law052.html?.v=101

Maybe this will result in more non-stops to the west coast on Northwest (now Delta?) and a bigger deviation bank.

2 legs thru DEN were painful just to save the company a few shackles?

What was wrong with going through DEN? We have a nice airport, easy connections, places to eat, and F9 has a pretty good reputation for running on time. Plus, like USNFDX said, they were always great for a J/S if needed. Yeah, you don't get as big of a deviation bank, but it wasn't that big of a difference. Who wants to ride on NW, anyway? CRJs MEM-DEN vs EMB-170s (previously Airbus) on F9. I'll take F9, even with a lower deviation bank. Besides, NW sucks, I can only hope that DL closes MEM down when the time comes.

Disclaimer: I have several friends at Delta, don't know anyone at Northwest, so I will admit to being slightly biased. I think we all agree that MEM sucks, so anything that screws that city, i.e, loss of NW hub, is something to be celebrated.

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