MIA-FRA

[eolesen]

DL was lucky to have you

Definitely luckier without him. They didn't start making money until he was gone...

 

[WorldTraveler]

and yet I still know what goes on in the industry to your great frustration.

in this case, all of the predictions about the growth AA is doing to/from Europe bely the fact that AA/US is cutting its European schedule deeper in the winter exactly what US did more than any other airline, led this year by cuts at ORD, JFK, and PHL.

AA might well add MIA-FRA but it its total European operation during the offpeak seasons is likely to be smaller as they become more seasonal, even if they eventually add more capacity during the peak seasons. As of right now, AA does not have more capacity to Europe next year.

 

[robbedagain]

you THINK you know whats going on but in reality you dont know as much as you want all of us to believe you do.  

 

[WorldTraveler]

sorry but airline schedules are public information.

when AA reduces its schedule deeper than it did a year ago and is doing the same thing as US did - but to an even greater degree - it is pretty clear that Parker recognizes that AA/US is still flying way more capacity in the winter than it should in order to be profitable.

 

[jcw]

Bless your heart
 
that's right Parker is specifically working on each individual route and slashing and cutting routes - I realize running an airline runs past you and you are very good at looking at a select set of routes to make your claims don't carry water
 
How is the list coming along of DL's weaknesses - remember if you can't do a simple SWOT analysis any statements can't be considered objective - let us know if you don't know what SWOT stands for - not sure if DL corp comm has reviewed that concept with you

 

[700UW]

Well USAIR IAM is at the bottom of the industry so that's no surprise.
Josh

Actually the PMUS mechanics make more than their counterparts at PMAA.

 

[WorldTraveler]

if you don't think the CEO of an airline doesn't know about the financial performance of major routes, esp. longhaul int'l routes, then you have no idea how airlines are run.

and it IS the responsibility of those under them to inform them.

companies don't make investments that cost tens of millions of dollars per year - which is what a longhaul int'l route easily involves - without making sure that investment is paying off.

 

[jcw]

if you don't think the CEO of an airline doesn't know about the financial performance of major routes, esp. longhaul int'l routes, then you have no idea how airlines are run.

and it IS the responsibility of those under them to inform them.

companies don't make investments that cost tens of millions of dollars per year - which is what a longhaul int'l route easily involves - without making sure that investment is paying off.

 
Bless Your Heart
 
I guess you don't realize there are route planners that work on making recommendations on changes in routes, etc and certain changes go "upstairs" for review - give us all all break
 
Parker has a strategy that he is deploying - just like little old DL is executing a strategy - like maybe DL getting maybe 3 flights in LHR (per your DL board posts) - they are nothing to sneeze at
 
once again way over blown with little to no fact to back up your statements
 
Hail to DL, Hail to DL, Hail to DL
 
Keep up the daily affirmations - although do take a break to finish that SWOT analysis, specifically the DL weaknesses - we are all waiting

 

[topDawg]

This, IMHO, would be a huge concern to me if I was a DL employee.  You don't want to become a feeder airline for AF/KL. 
 
Actually, it should be a concern for AA and UA employees, to not allow their company to become feeders for their European JV partners.

 Waiting on DALPA. They are in a cure period and once that is over I assume it will go to an arbitrator. 
 
but yes top end pressure is the new RJ. better watch it or its going to get ugly. 
 

and yet UA, US, and WN all outsource more than 50% of their maintenance dollars

this isn't a list of what UA/US/WN do wrong. Its about Delta. 
 

and DL has more maintenance personnel than any other airline

and should have even more than they do now. 
 

except for AA which is now heading down the same path of foreign overhauls that every other airline has done for years.

 
 
Delta has almost 350 engines that are sent out of house. 800+ aircraft worth of aircraft overhauls that are done out of house. AA does all of its engines in-house 
AA has one fleet type that is sent out of house for overhauls (777) 
 
Delta has its own outsourcing hangar in Mexico. AA doesn't. 
 
 

WN has ONE-FOURTH the number of maintenance personnel that DL has.

 
WN also pays a lot more than Delta does too. 

 

[topDawg]

Actually the PMUS mechanics make more than their counterparts at PMAA.

both of your groups are pulling the rest of us down. 
 
Sucking a little bit less is still sucking. 

 

[boston]

Hey, what's with Dal looking at buying 777 on the used market instead of ordering the 787?

 

[WorldTraveler]

DL has long considered used aircraft where the economics of total ownership plus operating costs are favorable.

that is a DL issue so let's discuss it on the DL forum if you want to.

given that AA is still taking delivery of 773ERs and their oldest is only a couple years old, if DL does but some used 773s, they won't have worse operating economics than AA's and actually a whole lot better.

 

[jcw]

Now all of a sudden we want DL topics on the DL forum - this is great progress

Don't post another thing about DL on the AA forum - lets see how long you can keep that up