I forget who it was that replied to me, "Yeah, well, I'm coming for THEIR lunch!" when I warned that UAL was coming with some passion for ours. It's foolish to disregard them as anything other than a true competitor who's stated policy was to (parahprasing here) "spend some money and kick a little a**." Kirby may be tired of antagonizing American. Who does that leave?

Meanwhile, we won't spend a dime to improve and we keep everyone in the dark about the 'plan'. He's over there running a modern airline. We need to pay attention.