Originally Posted by
brakechatter
Worked somewhat closely with both GH and JE for a good amount of time. I personally like both, and professionally feel they are both top notch. I like our chances. For the past several years they had been focusing on making our domestic network strong, and must have dramatically succeeded as I haven't heard a bunch of griping about RJs continuing their takeover. They have now publicly stated a shift in the strength of focus on international. Having had the opening to see the way they think, I am intrigued to see what the next 5 years brings on the global front, especially with protections of global scope in pace. Sorry for the optimism. Feel free to go back to arguing about walk arounds -- sorry for the drive by.
This is promising. It's great that we are attempting to spread our wings a bit more across the globe and compete on our own metal. I do wonder if there will be more of a balancing of the core hubs though. Like, is it necessary or even good network strategy to have ATL at 900+ flights a day while DTW sits at, what ~ 300? I think MSP and SLC are a little better. But ATL and DTW handle a lot of the same connecting flows from the northeast and southeast, respectively. DTW has been scaled down so much so that the B and C gates almost look mothballed at certain times of the day. Meanwhile money is being spent in ATL to widen concourse D (rightfully so) to accommodate more people.