Originally Posted by
Kellwolf
I'd also hazard a guess that the sham bankruptcy (which WAS caused by XJ's management) had something to do with it. Doubt NWA would have bought them if they hadn't cut costs/downsized through the bankruptcy. Wasn't it XJ management that wanted to whipsaw against Big Sky, too? Sure, you can reminisce, but I'd caution against leaving out some important parts of the past.
Also, 9E didn't miss as many performance targets as people think. 'Course those targets were set insanely low, too. The company even (shockingly) gave us all the performance targets on Jepp sized paper in our V-files last year. Even under Delta, we'd have to work pretty hard to miss some of those targets, even in JFK.
Yeah id agree with that about xj management but i wasn't reminiscing about xj management....In my opinion any airline that a pilot likes is more about the pilot culture and the training.....in my opinion xj was hands down second to none in both for me. That is what i miss...its too bad for the xj pilots of today....again i know things change but that doesn't mean one can't reflect on the good days does it?