Originally Posted by
nene
This was exactly the sentiments in 2001 when UAL had something like 75 777's on order and we had 3. A few years later UAL was beating everybody to BK court. UAL has always seem to have been the boom/bust airline leader.
And yet both companies are thriving almost equally today. That was despite UAL taking those risks before the consolidation era, which made them even riskier moves at the time.
DAL can afford to push the envelope a little bit more and take greater chances on international expansion.