Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Maybe at Comair, but not at ASA. When I started there in 1995, there was no marketing department, ans all we flew was DL code. There was no independant route structure, flown with ASA code. As far as millionaires, only George and John were. They were the majority owners, and if memory serves, there were no pilots with any stock of any sizable amount.
Correct, but they and comair owned their respective codes; OH and EV. When DAL bought them they got the ATA code. When they sold EV (ASA) they retained the code. (Very important point might I add) It means that ASA absent getting a new code cannot sell their own ticket stock.