Originally Posted by
buzzpat
Was having this discussion the other night deadheading with some of my FNWA brothers to DTW. What's the qualifier? Most pilots? Most aircraft? Most employees? Most routes? We came to the very uneducated decision that it must be decided by most pilots. We also agreed that the real benchmark is most routes and overall employees.
One might be the "world's largest airline" and own less jets, have less employees, but claim more destinations. I can't see how the UA/CAL merger would trump the new DAL.
Agree. Add to that that, at least in Asia, United is still a basketcase. We are no longer flying to Saigon because United is still giving away seats on a half empty whale while we were using a Europe modified (fewer seats and winglets for the long flight) 757. As far as I know, United's smallest airplane out there is still a 777, no matter what the market. So maybe it's empty seats that makes ya the biggest?
Ferd