Mulally should be talking to Burt Rutan.
"Mulally should be talking to Burt Rutan."
They are probably running scared of Rutan.
Rutan has designed and built a commuter aircraft with a composite fuselage and high efficiency for carrying about 15-20 passengers. His idea is to enable the concept of small regional airports that run regular taxi routes which will be inexpensive and way more convenient than going to a large airport.
For trips of just a couple of hundred miles it makes alot of sense if they can get the price point down for each passenger. If the industry goes that way, toward smaller aircraft as air taxis, then the big companies like Delta and Northwestern will get a lot of competition for certain routes.