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Steve Cohen: “Let me just remind you, sir, the last time you were testifying and I was questioning, you promised me, you assured me…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2019
Let me just remind you, sir, the last time you were testifying and I was questioning, you promised me, you assured me that Delta, when they merged with Northwest, would not leave the Memphis hub, that the Memphis hub was there in perpetuity, that you loved Memphis, that you loved the Rendezvous, that you liked Arnold Perl and you would not leave Memphis, that the Amsterdam flight, from Memphis to Amsterdam nonstop, would not stop. Those weren't true.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen expresses distrust in the testimony regarding Delta's service commitments.

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