Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
The real issue is if the legacies can survive without the feed from the smaller cities served by the regionals. Given their current models, they won't be able to. So to cut costs, look for the legacies to farm out their international ops like UAL selling out to Aer Lingus. They'll shrink their international ops crews and just have domestic crews.
So according to you, the legacies will farm out the international flying and concentrate on the domestic, yet others are saying that the legacies are going to farm out the domestic and concentrate on the international. If nothing else, it's an original theory.
JMO, but the reason that UAL did the deal with Aer Lingus is that the management there doesn't want to run an airline. If you are going to compete with the new Delta internationally, you are going to have to set up your game. Tilton and crew just aren't up to it.