tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13037584.post111773393041093999..comments2023-08-09T10:09:56.340-04:00Comments on Kartik's world: Airline mismanagement cost South Florida more jobs than Scripps will bringKartikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00637710449573222655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13037584.post-1117805616913988602005-06-03T09:33:00.000-04:002005-06-03T09:33:00.000-04:00You cannot make a case in any way that MIA is bett...You cannot make a case in any way that MIA is better off as an airport with American replacing Pan Am and Eastern. You mentioned that AA allows miami to be the hub of a global network, than what exactly was Pan Am? Moreover, how does 5,800 jobs replace 25,000? The state is so concerned about job incentive programs when at one time we had the jobs here. It's a shame Dade County never cooperated. United strongly considered placing a mx facility at MIA for widebody aircrafts but got no help from local government that was already in AAs pocket. <BR/><BR/>One airline that always had a large operation MIA that is still in business is Delta. However, Delta thanks to hostility from the county has pulled back from Miami and only serves four destinations now from Miami. (Atlanata, Orlando, Tallahassee, Cinn./Northern Kentucky.)Kartikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637710449573222655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13037584.post-1117761097385024002005-06-02T21:11:00.000-04:002005-06-02T21:11:00.000-04:00I believe that Delta actually serves all 3 of the ...I believe that Delta actually serves all 3 of the cities Mark mentioned from Fort Lauderdale. <BR/><BR/>I agree with Kartik's analysis. Eastern was the world's largest airline and was South Florida's jewel. Not only was Eastern based in Miami, but they had a large operation at other Florida cities unlike American. Eastern was the largest airline in the country and also the most critical in several major business centers. I miss Eastern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13037584.post-1117760484732837982005-06-02T21:01:00.000-04:002005-06-02T21:01:00.000-04:00I disagree totally. Eastern was being held hostage...I disagree totally. Eastern was being held hostage by its unions even in 1979 and a merger with a low cost airline like National would have been a disaster. Moreover, today American flies to more destinations and offers more daily flights from Miami than Pan Am or Eastern ever did. I know where you are going with the second half of this article, that American has a monopoly over Miami, something you feel Eastern was blocked from having. Times are different now, and Miami isn't quite the key market it was then. In 1980 all flights from the US to Latin America went from either New York or Miami. Now, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Orlando, Charlotte, Washington even fort Lauderdale handle flights to Latin America. Also, Eastern was allowed to purchase Braniff's Miami-South America flights in 1982 over Pan Am's loud objections, and thus PA and EA competeted head to head on Miami-South America routes from 1982 thru 1990. Pan Am was not allowed to have a monopoly on Latin traffic from MIA, just as EA was not allowed to have a monopoly on domestic traffic. The competetion served South Florida well. American also competeted beginning in 1988 and now has Miami's largest hub ever.<BR/><BR/>American's hub in Miami has allowed South Florida to be integrated in an airline system that spans the globe and has more than just a regional or international focus. Delta and United both have pulled back from Miami because American's fares were low enough for them not to compete. Now American is adding several cities with regional jets such as Richmond, Dayton and Greensboro never served from Miami before. AA for Miami is good for the traveler and for the economy. Several new cities have been opened in the last year where no other service from South Florida has ever existed. American has dropped fares also due to Jet Blue and Spirit's large Fort Lauderdale operations. Sure, job losses were heavy, but things such as Pan Am's reservation system and Eastern call center probably would have eventually been outsourced anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com