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Old 02-06-2011 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Pineapple Guy
No. No.

What you are asking is who are our peers? The answer is obvious, though people don't like to accept it. Our peers are similarly designed network carriers. Those include:

AMR, UCAL, and LCC. The rest are either niche players (ALA), have a completely different business model (LUV), or a completely different product (FDX, UPS). We can use those as a reference, but they are in a DIFFERENT industry.
I know that's management's view, but it's wrong. Delta moves pax and cargo. And we compete head to head with LUV. How you can say they are in a different industry is so blatantly foolish it's hard to believe.

Carl