Originally Posted by
BlueOceanSky
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.
May e Kirby doesn’t give a rats ass about 4 gates he got. Maybe he just wants AA to put all their eggs in a money losing battle in ORD.
United can just coast and get the gates but AA is massively increasing their flying to try and protect a market that has been shrinking due to loses.
Kirby is distracting AA, sucking up their resources and causing them to bleed red.
meanwhile if UA loses in court then they reduce a couple flights for now and just sits back and watches AA drown. And once AAs head goes under water they will get the gates back….and it won’t take long.