Originally Posted by
ewrbasedpilot
What I find "interesting" about this bid is it's bringing BACK flying to EWR that never should have gone to IAH in the first place. The number of hotel rooms and deadheading created by this shift in flying was absurd. Nothing like spending a dollar to make a nickel, but I guess ticking off the pilots to show us who is in control was accomplished.

Don't know about CAL, but UAL, well before 9/11, had similar mindset. One entity saved a dime and didn't care that 2 other functions spent a dollar for each dime.
Lee