There's no need for them to even having a meeting in person - they could meet online. Wonder if the cost cutting will include higher aircraft utilization? In other words, more point-to-point service. I've never been a fan of hub-and-spoke systems the way it is today. It's inefficient as far as aircraft utilization is concerned. Whenever an aircraft sits on the ground, all you have is a multi-million dollar paperweight. David Ross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/ > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of > Dennis W Zeuch > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 3:24 PM > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Delta to trim costs by $2.5 billion, reveal low-cost > airline > > > << Delta's chief financial officer, > Michele Burns, announced the cost-cutting measure Friday at an industry > conference in Key Biscayne, Fla >> > > Wonder if they could have ""cut a few costs"" by having the meeting > somewhere less expensive? Probably could have gotten a good deal in Dayton > Ohio or???. > No wonder the working guy out there on the ramp takes all this B.S. with a > large grrain of salt. > Dennis