Originally Posted by
3Cforme
It was clear, in the proposal and planning stages for McNamara at DTW, who was driving the bus. Was the DTW airport authority a willing accomplice in accumulating that pile of debt? You bet. But the terminal spec (size & amentities) was Northwest's.
The airport authority could have said no and didn't. The airport authority wanted a hub. NW told them what that would require in terms of infrastructure, but ultimately it happened because DTW wanted to be a hub. If they didn't want to be a hub, it would have never happened.