Originally Posted by
CRJJ
Yet they make it work and make way more than we make without them.
I’m no PhD but I look at things this way. DL/UA keep flying all those rusty old unprofitable “small” fleets, 75/76/77/330……and even though we supposedly have a “solid” argument to justify getting rid of them, the only truth that matters is they are making WAY more money than we are.
Their strategies are paying off, and ours isn’t.
Thinking about 20-30 years from now is great, but we better put our sh*t together and start getting close to their numbers NOW, not 2 decades from now.
Correct.
Everything management says seems to make logical sense: simplified fleet, pay down the debt, expand premium, more credit card revenue. As you say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The competition is crushing us and paying cash for the new jets that will replace the old, rusty ones. The theory that they would have to finance a fleet refresh at vastly higher interest rates is being proved wrong by their massive free cash flows.