Originally Posted by
planeluvr
But Smisek says "We (CO) would not be around today" and then later says CO would have been marginalized.
There is no clarifying a comment "We would not be around today" to we would have been marginalized.
So he talks out both ends even when participating in a round table.
No, he properly clarified. The CNBC host gave him the opportunity when she said "Jeff, would CO really be gone today?" and Jeff said that no but that CO would have been marginalized.
Picking on this is much ado about nothing. He is simply trying to say that any airline with a limited route structure would be unable to compete with airlines that have global route structures.