Opportunity Cost - AA vs UAL?
07-14-2019, 03:35 PM
#103
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Originally Posted by DarinFred
We’ll see how much AA makes 2nd quarter at the earnings call. This operation is a disaster.
07-14-2019, 03:59 PM
#104
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Originally Posted by biigD
Nah - just typical APC trolling.
Folks should go back and read the United forums during the Smisek era. Nothing but sky is falling doom and gloom. Bankruptcy right around the corner, UAL not gonna make it to 2015, blah blah blah.
07-14-2019, 04:09 PM
#105
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Originally Posted by thrust
Yep.
Folks should go back and read the United forums during the Smisek era. Nothing but sky is falling doom and gloom. Bankruptcy right around the corner, UAL not gonna make it to 2015, blah blah blah.
Folks should go back and read the United forums during the Smisek era. Nothing but sky is falling doom and gloom. Bankruptcy right around the corner, UAL not gonna make it to 2015, blah blah blah.
07-14-2019, 04:14 PM
#106
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Originally Posted by PRS Guitars
It is a disastrous summer operation, Ill give you that, but out of business? It could happen, but I don't put it as likely at all. With that said, I am trying to pay my house off in the next 8 years as well as have a $50k emergency fund. If they go out of business after that, I can get by on a lower paying local job, or transition airlines hopefully.
07-14-2019, 04:31 PM
#107
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Originally Posted by Name User
United was a rudderless ship for years. A new CEO turned the place around. And AA tactics.
I wonder how much Richard Anderson is enjoying the trainwreck that is Amtrak...
07-14-2019, 05:17 PM
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Re: IFE
It’s not about whether pax actually use the IFE screens or not.
It has everything to do with brand value and presence.
When people step on a Delta plane they feel like they are flying on a classy airline. New interiors. LED lighting. IFE screens. Embroidered logo in the head rests. Etc, etc. combined with overall good service, that kind of stuff eventually translates to folks paying a premium to fly on Delta, and it is happening according to their latest press release. They have invested heavily in that area and it is paying off.
Conversely, when they step on an AA plane they may notice it’s a new plane but that’s it. No screens, etc. Everything looks cheap. Their impression is, “budget airline.” And it shows in our ratings and morale.
Remember a Gordon Bethune’s famous quote, “You can make a cheese pizza so cheap that nobody will eat it?” That is AA’s motto today.
Brand presence is Delta’s name of the game. It works.
It’s not about whether pax actually use the IFE screens or not.
It has everything to do with brand value and presence.
When people step on a Delta plane they feel like they are flying on a classy airline. New interiors. LED lighting. IFE screens. Embroidered logo in the head rests. Etc, etc. combined with overall good service, that kind of stuff eventually translates to folks paying a premium to fly on Delta, and it is happening according to their latest press release. They have invested heavily in that area and it is paying off.
Conversely, when they step on an AA plane they may notice it’s a new plane but that’s it. No screens, etc. Everything looks cheap. Their impression is, “budget airline.” And it shows in our ratings and morale.
Remember a Gordon Bethune’s famous quote, “You can make a cheese pizza so cheap that nobody will eat it?” That is AA’s motto today.
Brand presence is Delta’s name of the game. It works.
07-15-2019, 05:12 AM
#110
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Originally Posted by aa73
Re: IFE
It’s not about whether pax actually use the IFE screens or not.
It has everything to do with brand value and presence.
When people step on a Delta plane they feel like they are flying on a classy airline. New interiors. LED lighting. IFE screens. Embroidered logo in the head rests. Etc, etc. combined with overall good service, that kind of stuff eventually translates to folks paying a premium to fly on Delta, and it is happening according to their latest press release. They have invested heavily in that area and it is paying off.
Conversely, when they step on an AA plane they may notice it’s a new plane but that’s it. No screens, etc. Everything looks cheap. Their impression is, “budget airline.” And it shows in our ratings and morale.
Remember a Gordon Bethune’s famous quote, “You can make a cheese pizza so cheap that nobody will eat it?” That is AA’s motto today.
Brand presence is Delta’s name of the game. It works.
It’s not about whether pax actually use the IFE screens or not.
It has everything to do with brand value and presence.
When people step on a Delta plane they feel like they are flying on a classy airline. New interiors. LED lighting. IFE screens. Embroidered logo in the head rests. Etc, etc. combined with overall good service, that kind of stuff eventually translates to folks paying a premium to fly on Delta, and it is happening according to their latest press release. They have invested heavily in that area and it is paying off.
Conversely, when they step on an AA plane they may notice it’s a new plane but that’s it. No screens, etc. Everything looks cheap. Their impression is, “budget airline.” And it shows in our ratings and morale.
Remember a Gordon Bethune’s famous quote, “You can make a cheese pizza so cheap that nobody will eat it?” That is AA’s motto today.
Brand presence is Delta’s name of the game. It works.
Everything feels so cheesy.
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