wide chair,
I agree with what you're saying. I just wanted to express a point that NWA's Detroit DC10 hangar, and the 747 hangar under construction, were built merely to satisy consumer complaints (re: delays). NWA reluctantly agreed to build the hangars... the latter was part of a contract with Wayne County/the airport as t&c of the new terminal. Remember: NWA got a sweet deal on their fees... by the end of the decade, they'll be paying about half as much per passenger at DTW than they will be for MSP.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by the wide chair:
I'm sure the fact that NW went from 4 daily international flights with DC10's in the mid nineties to 9 flights around 2000 had something to do with that hangar. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. The fact that they had 4 overnight DC10's in DTW (combination of DC10-30's and -40's) surely helped minimize customer complaints since these A/C could now be worked overnight in DTW. This made it easier to route them through DTW even if there was scheduled maintenance due.
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