diamondcutter said:
And there is the problem , how many times have you posted could , might , and should . You have no crystal ball . Could you imagine if all of us used those words in every post after post about DL on every topic. You could not keep up and your head would explode.
no, I am sorry but those words are part of the English language.
If you or others don't understand their use, then I don't need to apologize nor do I need to withhold the use of them because others can't properly use or understand conditionals.
tell you what, though, if you would like to provide a list of English language concepts that you don't know how to use, I will try my best to make sure I don't use them with you.
eolesen said:
This is why people don't engage in conversations with you, WT.
Whenever anyone disagrees or presents a dissenting view from yours, it's about revenge, winning, or some other motive.
No, it's about having an accurate discussion.
DL hasn't announced any new cuts to its TATL schedules different than what it does every year. AA has.
As meto noted a long time ago in this thread, this is a simple schedule change that is far smaller than a dozen other changes that are far more significant to any airline.
Why was that? The two are nowhere near the same thing.
DL is adding seats. If you can show me that AA is adding seats as a result of the cuts they have announced across the Atlantic, then I will gladly acknowledge the two are equally inconsequential.
And my comment about AA/US' cuts was directed at robbed who immediately jumped to the conclusion that this would result in cuts.
If AA/US isn't resulting in personnel cuts, then US particularly was either severely understaffed or Parker is unwilling to rock the boat(my guess) in order to keep labor from coming unglued because on a system basis, US is losing a significant amount of int'l flying which isn't being replaced on their domestic system.
Kev3188 said:
If you're gonna throw down the linguistics card, then you cannot describe my earlier use of the phrase "quite likely" as an absolute, nor can you call it inaccurate.
help me understand what post you are talking about and where I said that.
I have no problem admitting I was wrong if I was but to be honest with you, I don't disagree with anything you have said in this post other than that you accepted the notion that these cuts are driven by a need for aircraft which can hardly be validated.
DL is eliminating far more aircraft in total from its combined mainline/DCI fleet than it is replacing but it is also increasing ASMs and seats - similar to what WN is doing - by using larger aircraft.
Even a change of two flight departures cannot be connected with anything given DL's overall fleet strategy.
again, I have to agree with meto that this latest thread is just one more attempt at trying to make something out of a pretty routine schedule change.
Even in large hubs, other airlines don't maintain the exact same number of cities on a year round basis from one year to another. Yes, it would appear that MEM is losing a couple of destinations but that happens on a pretty regular basis with other hubs.