Originally Posted by
ClappedOut145
American doesn’t like the fact that UA is the bigger than them and makes money in ORD, so they are suing over the gate allocation. Old Bobby Isom wants to lose even more money in ORD in the name of “fairness.” Because of this they have filed suit against the world.
well if anyone here has actually read the lawsuit, AA is pointing out in the AULA contract that gate reallocation was done prematurely. AA’s reduction at ORD the last few years was permitted without losing gates, so as long as they ramp up the numbers in time, and that’s what they’re doing.
Clearly, the city of Chicago is siding with United for political back room dealings, perhaps enticing United to keep the HQ in the city. Hopefully, the litigation will expose the corruption here.
if AA doesn’t want to use their gates, so be it, but clearly they do, so this seems like a dead end tactic to try to litigiously take them from a competitor. If UA wants more gates, the city needs to build them.