The alternative is what I did - buy a travel trailer and put it in an RV park near the airport. Hookups (water and electricity), and when the airline moves your domicile you just take it with you. I pay about $1000/year in lot rent.
This is the silver ling for all the Comair folks - we're on the street ahead of the Pinnacle folks.
The people that got furloughed from Comair (at least the ones I keep in touch with) are doing better than those of us still there. Irony.
Anderson said Delta has "a number of operators and a number of contracts" up for renegotiation and added, "We've been able to do 180. I think you just need to stay tuned. It's going to happen. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Gone With the Wind
Not really. RJs are not a toxic asset per se; if DL had none they would be scrambling to acquire some to get a competitive advantage for untapped markets. Can Harrisburg, PA be served as well (that is, revenue reaped from) with two flights a day, one to DTW and one to ATL...
May interject a clarification re: RJs as money losers?
Delta does not lose money by operating RJs of any size. The way it was explained to me by a company beancounter, DL doesn't make AS MUCH as they would if the resources ($) allocated to RJs were allocated elsewhere.
RJs do not lose money...
This is the first time a local station has EVER gotten facts wrong. This is really something that NEVER happens, and is worthy of posting on the most prestigious of Broadcast News forums, FlightInfo.
By the way Flyer, when MYFox Memphis posts a correction, are you going to go "nya ,nya nya nya...
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