I only brought it up because you post (usually negativity) so much in the Delta thread, yet you work at Virgin, recently upgrading (congrats, btw). So you must be continuously making comparisons if you're so motivated to always be in the Delta forum.

Nah, just feb14. Hopefully the powers at be see something profitable in Alitalia; but recent times (years, decades) don't show them as being so. Recent articles I've come across tend to point more to it being all about defending against the ME3, somewhat going on the offense. Guess we'll see.

Thank you Sir! I’m in all the different major threads, like to keep up with everything.

Well, Denny. This was too easy for someone with your comedic gifts. "Delta just bought... with my pension." OFG

There's a reason why "control" is defined by sub parts a. through f. The fact that it was not looked at right after the Air France, Delta, Virgin and China Eastern multiple ownership deal was a mistake. I have been sounding this alarm for awhile to no avail.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...stakes-439743/

Anybody think that Virgin Atlantic did this without consulting Ma Delta? No way. In my opinion Delta effectively controls Virgin Atlantic and Aero Mexico.
FlyBe also has valuable Heathrow slots.

If those slots are as valueable as legend claims, why do we fly 75's and 76's there so much while our "partner" flies super premiums?

I think we have a BOS and MSP to LHR on the 763, but the rest are on 330s. I've been flying quite a bit more LHR over the last year.

I'm pretty sure we have seats on the board at all the companies we own 49% of, that wouldn't be possible.

Is this why we can’t have nice things?