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Kev,
I've come to the following conclusions.
(maybe I'm right,.....perhaps wrong)
NW/Dougie stealin' is gonna be just fine($$)
Their mainline routes are still monopolistic $$$, they're successfully in the process of assembling an A/E type regional network(using 3 carriers instead of 1....Pinnacle/Mesaba/Compass), and now that "merger mania" has passed, they will do as they've always done, remain "quirky", and unchallenged, but now with much lower costs($$$$)..(with the help of PUKE BAGS like PTO)
Not sure about MSN, but BOS has PLENTY of OT in certain departments.
Not forgetting the FIRST money saving 787's coming on line soon.
NH/BB's