Originally Posted by
hazelrah
Perhaps you need to reconsider your position; wouldn't DL need legal standing?
DL has had time to try to negotiate gates. Southwest negotiated with UA for the gates, and according to the article the transaction has been approved by the city and DoJ. Further, Southwest had agreed to honor UA's commitment and allow DL use of the gates through July 6, so no harm to DL.
If DL insisted on pre-booking past 6 July given these facts, wouldn't that be a self-inflicted wound?
Do we know if UA even made a token effort to ask DL about a permanent sublease? I don't see that in the article, but then I might have missed that.
When it comes to the DoJ's decisions on airlines, I think they are misguided. They seem out to get the legacies while helping WN (which doesn't need help), B6, and VX (which needs all the help it can get).
I think the unnatural 20 gate cap and assigning gates to specific carriers was shady. I think trying to take out DL's existing ATL service was shady. And this is coming from someone who has never been the Metroplex and has no desire to visit.