Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-30-2014 | 09:05 AM
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05-30-2014 | 09:12 AM
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I agree with you that that some level of outsourcing is obviously required for the short term but long term - who knows? This industry got by without outsourcing for decades. DAL management then went bonkers with RJ outsourcing. Now the pendulum appears to be swinging back in the other direction.
My original point was that by outsourcing you lose control. DAL outsources based on lowest cost so we have to live with the inevitable bad press. If your point is that we need to be more selective in who we choose to outsource I agree 100%, but the discriminator we appear to have been using so far is cost.
OBTW - I don't really believe in a "foreseeable future."
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05-30-2014 | 09:21 AM
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Unfortunately, it will be some time in the "foreseeable future" before we can unravel outsourcing..
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05-30-2014 | 09:53 AM
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05-30-2014 | 10:58 AM
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I already rolled my DC into my 401, but I was wondering if anyone has found out what interest rate the annuity was paying out? For whatever reason, that wasn't in the documents. My guess is it is somewhere around 3-4%, but I have seen several annuities paying out at 10%. Just a question.
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05-30-2014 | 11:00 AM
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05-30-2014 | 11:09 AM
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We're adding flights to feed our (Seattle) international destinations, which in-turn reduces both of our RASM numbers, making Alaska "cheaper" for someone else to swoop -in & merge/assume their network. Like they say, "we've just done someone's bidding for them!"
05-30-2014 | 11:57 AM
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I already rolled my DC into my 401, but I was wondering if anyone has found out what interest rate the annuity was paying out? For whatever reason, that wasn't in the documents. My guess is it is somewhere around 3-4%, but I have seen several annuities paying out at 10%. Just a question.
Mines done. Wasn't difficult. It's a shame, someone will procrastinate.
05-30-2014 | 12:12 PM
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In the end, are we making them an easier merger target for our competition? (e.g. American)
We're adding flights to feed our (Seattle) international destinations, which in-turn reduces both of our RASM numbers, making Alaska "cheaper" for someone else to swoop -in & merge/assume their network. Like they say, "we've just done someone's bidding for them!"
We're adding flights to feed our (Seattle) international destinations, which in-turn reduces both of our RASM numbers, making Alaska "cheaper" for someone else to swoop -in & merge/assume their network. Like they say, "we've just done someone's bidding for them!"
05-30-2014 | 12:13 PM
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Probably. But that is their problem, and in no way shape or form, ours. There will reach a point where the regionals will default due to lack of staff. It's like losing weight. More calories out, fewer in, you lose weight. The regionals are already pretty thin, and at some point they will die due to lack of nutrition. Then we have leverage to bring that flying back in house. That is exactly why I am not interested in negotiating for any of that in C15. If I could figure out a way to buy insurance on the regionals like a credit default swap, I would, because it is inevitable that at least some of them fail.
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