Originally Posted by
pbarnette
While we are being fair to everyone involved, we should note that by 2012, roughly 4 years post-merger, DL had already made pretty significant progress and was among the best in the industry on those metrics. Southwest in 2014, roughly 4 years post-merger, is among the worst in the industry on those metrics.
Certainly, but mergers are complex and each one is unique and presents a set of unique challenges. Southwest had a terrible year last year with on-time metrics, there is no denying that.
Originally Posted by
pbarnette
At some point, even you would have to acknowledge that DL's merger-related problems were resolved more quickly than those at WN. Yes, mergers cause disruption, but the indications available to us are that DL managed those much better than WN is managing theirs.
I already have. I have already stated previously that so far the Delta merger has been the best managed of the lot.