Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
We could but it would cost us and cost us a lot. Their goal may to just drive up the price so we over pay.
My point was that with these JV/Code shares with airlines like AS, MEH, VBX, et al, we are joining forces with companies that are ripe for the taking. By us or someone else. But, when one wants it, another will want it to.
The idea of the code with MEH was great until they were managed in to a hole and bought for pennies on the dollar. I am sure we had part of that, but the fact is that allowing these code shares to be a liberal as they are in Section One really opens up this pilot group to uncharted dangers.
As I stated before, it also opens the business plan up to dangers, where we could not replace the lift quick enough. Think it we lost the AS code. Do we have any jets that could take over a tenth of that flying? Nope, and we would probably not even try.
I hope we do buy them, because we vulnerable if we do not.
We do not have enough jets to fill that hole. But RAH does (E-190 & A319)and as past examples have shown they always are able to find a lot more very quickly. I know the E is no 737 but it could fill the hole (like chewing gum in a dam). LM will be making his back channel deals because we need the feed to fill the 777 or we lose it all so, you see, it really is good for Delta pilots.
Once again we have a feed to LAX with no capital outlay, someone else has grown and we have jets in the desert or places in the production line already sold.
Sorry, the sun is not out this morning and the coffee is a tad below the half full level.
