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Old Jan 23, 2018, 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by LBJ
I suspect between the big snowstorm in MSP on Monday (500 flights throughout system cancelled -- Flights resume in Minneapolis after heavy snow Delta News Hub) and the ice storm in ATL last week, that it was DL that decided to throw in the towel.
Agreed. I think that DL arrogantly believed that their operation was so good that any interline agreement was of greater benefit to their lesser competitors than to DL itself. Recent events that were out of DL's control, such as the ATL power outage and winter storms. ultimately helped DL realize that no matter how good you are, you always need to have a backup plan for when the stuff hits the fan.
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