<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dhuey:
Fair enough, chalf, but a new low cost carrier comes in with some big disadvantages as well. The choice airports, gates and flight slots have been cherry picked by the existing low cost carriers. </font>
I entirely agree. My initial point was that DL has not been totally mismanaged, and even if it had been that success/failure as a DL manager may not necessarily translate to an identical result with an LCC due to certain key differences in the business/operational model. Your comments provide further support for this line of reasoning.