Originally Posted by
keitherson
You're talking about privileges and rights?
To a multi billion dollar corporation?
Companies do not care about being "disrespectful" to the DOT or to the Japanese government. They care about their bottom line and keeping their competitors away.
Sure, what Delta did may have been wrong, but it was completely legal and strategically made sense (squatting on their slots).
No, it didn't make sense. Those HND slots are supposed to benefit all US citizens. Delta squatting on the slot and running a SEA-HND flight once every 60 days was shameful and the DOT finally had to threaten them. Delta should have given it back and let AA run DFW-HND or give it to Hawaiian Airlines since the have been the most successful at HND.