Originally Posted by
SoFloFlyer
Yeah, I won’t speak for anyone. I don’t get why some people do that. Kirby is boastful. He admitted to it as well and followed up with other CEOs are too, he just does it publicly.
The ironic thing is it almost definitely led to a worse outcome for United in Chicago. I'm not even sure the gate allocation strategy was even on AA's radar until UA management started bragging about all the gates it was getting, all the flights it was adding and that AA would eventually be force to de hub ORD. If AA wasn't paying attention before, it definitely was after.
Now it looks like AA will be getting some gates back next year. Funny how things work out sometimes.