In case you have missed it, the new Southwest/AirTran deal was/is/be design to take market shares away for delta.In case you have missed it,
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In case you have missed it, the new Southwest/AirTran deal was/is/be design to take market shares away for delta.In case you have missed it,
I didn't say that DL is immune to competition nor did I say that DL isn't taking WN seriously. My point - and perhaps we weren't speaking to the same issue - was that WN's FINANCIAL advantage is largely due to them being a younger airline with few of the legacy costs that other carriers have, including far fewer senior and retired employees. If you took the employee profile of the network carriers and put it on WN, WN wouldn't look so great in comparison.I never said that WN was doing anything spectacular, did I? Please try not to put words in my mouth. Perhaps my comment was not clear. The point I was aiming at is, when the two combine (WN & FL), look for a much stronger Air Carrier. Of course, the almighty Delta is not worried about their back yard in ATL and that is fine. There is room for better service for the Flying Public and my guess is it will expand once this goes through. WN knows it needs to improve On Times and FL definitely has the Lost Bags bit down to a science. The combination of the two will only provide a better service to the customers who just want to get from point A to B. Going forward, I won't say what's coming as it is not my place but from what is being said, It's gonna be a Fun Ride !!!! Unique insight will be kept Family! Let the others do as they may
Cheers, QA
Yes, I get that... DL and NW also merged in order to give DL a leg up competitively and all the indications are that it has worked quite well. The primary benefits of the DL/NW merger have been in NW's markets because of the addition of DL's presence in other parts of Europe and in NYC and ATL where the NW presence in Asia has helped DL significantly there.In case you have missed it, the new Southwest/AirTran deal was/is/be design to take market shares away for delta.
DL couldn't add any more flights to LHR, because there were no slots available. DL might have opted for other LHR markets/additional flights in existing markets instead of BOS and MIA if there were an option but the EU and US gov'ts said that slots had to be divested from AA/BA to allow add'l competition in LHR-BOS and MIA.If they were strategically necessary, then why did they wait until AABA had to surrender slots? Surely DL could have offered low fares to stimulate traffic without needing artificial capacity controls from the competition authorities....
I don't want to see them fail. They just make no sense, in that the network value does't appear to be commensurate with the cost of serving the market, nor does the network contribution appear to be all that significant. Even MEM-AMS made more sense than The Three Little Pigs do.
I'd say the same thing if AA resurrected RDU-CDG, or started flying international routes outside their primary markets.
You say they stay, I say they get pulled. Let's see what happens, and hear a few other opinions...
You would have to look at the Skyteam schedule and see if you could find a viable slot pair for TATL use... but you also have to factor in that Skyteam is not willing to let all of their service to LHR be transferred to service to the US.WT, you mean to tell me that none of the Skyteam slot holdings could have been freed up for DL to add such a strategic set of routes?...
Surely there must have been a couple frequencies from LHR to AMS, FCO, CDG, ORY, or MIL that AF,KL, or AZ could have given up for the team...
As for the zzzzzzzzzz's....
There's a reason I try sticking to short, simple responses, and avoid responses requiring scroll downs unless there's no other choice....
I don't want to see them fail. They just make no sense, in that the network value does't appear to be commensurate with the cost of serving the market, nor does the network contribution appear to be all that significant. Even MEM-AMS made more sense than The Three Little Pigs do.
The articles says that this is only open to 70% of the workforce, are the mechanics included in the offer?
subsidized because the retiree medical follows the PMNW contracts? If so, then heck yes... that could be worth a fortune over a lifetime.29--
All work groups are included/eligible. If your age & years of service do not equal 55 or more, then you're correct: 1 year of flying for each year of service.
As for those that are already eligible to retire (and planning to anyway), you'd be insane to leave the severance $$$ on the table. For PMNW employees, this is also a good chance to lock in subsidized retiree medical while they can...