WorldTraveler said:
so you didn't tell the truth that you were personally affected by DL's downsizing of DFW?
He said he had first hand experience with how DL treats its employees.
You're the one who decided that it had to be because he or a relative worked at The Mother Ship.
Newsflash for you, Skippy: witnessing something also qualifies as first hand.
I have first hand experience with death. It doesn't mean I'm dead.
WorldTraveler said:
WN's business model has long been to find markets which it could dominate without competition from other carriers.
Yeah, I think you've got things a bit backward, Skippy.
WN's business model has been to grow where there's O&D traffic and keep costs low. Their largest expansion in history came when they started going head to head with UA on the west coast. They took on HP in PHX, HP in LAS, UA in DEN, and UA at LAX.
Don't confuse the preference for low costs with a desire to avoid competition. You've already argued too many times the other way around when it comes to co-terminals like DAL/DFW or ORD/MDW. Then again, you've also tried to argue that EWR and LGA/JFK are distinct markets and don't compete with each other.
If anything, DL's business model for a long time was to avoid direct competition. After DL failed going head to head with AA at DFW, they retreated to PDX, SLC, CVG, and ATL. NWA never bothered with other airlines either -- they were successful mainly due to fortress strength in DTW, MSP, and MEM.
It wasn't until DL started the push in NYC that they decided to grow in a market dominated by someone else.