I find it unbelievable how many in the pilot group still don’t get it. The reality is that AC cannot produce a profit on its domestic side with out being supplemented by its profitable international side. One of the major reasons that our international side is still profitable is thanks to the US government’s home security which has hamstrung its own airlines.
The AC management team unlike many in the pilot ranks was smart enough to avail themselves of this opportunity or at least they tried and would have been hugely successful except for those without vision in the pilot group.