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U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson issued the following statement today in response to a proposed bid by U.S. Airways to merge with Delta.
“As the largest employer in Georgia, Delta Air Lines is vital to Georgia’s economy and to the thousands of Georgians it employs. Delta has put in place an aggressive plan to emerge in 2007 as a strong, stand-alone carrier and I am very confident it will succeed. As U.S. senator, I have worked very hard to help Delta and its employees through hard times and I will work even harder to keep Delta as an outstanding corporate partner headquartered in Atlanta for many, many years to come.”
Bye Bye---General Lee
I think it would be patently unfair under any scenario to staple the US/AWA pilots to the bottom of the DAL list. But nice try at flame baiting.
I don't know how Parker could look his investors in the eyes and brief that slideshow that said "No mainline furloughs" ?
What "look them in the eye"? He is going to look them in the eye and say "this will make us rich!" Pilots be danged, look what he is doing now to AWA/USAIR.
I’d like to start off this week by discussing the big industry news. US Airways announced on Wednesday that it was proposing a merger with Delta Air Lines. If the proposed merger were to occur, it would create the largest airline in the world. As you’d might expect, it was a big topic of discussion for Jeff Smisek and me yesterday at the CEO Exchange in Newark, as the creation of a competitor even larger than American Airlines would not be good for us in the long run. However, there is no certainty that the proposed US Airways/Delta merger will ever occur. There are all sorts of hurdles, and we’ve seen offers before that did not end up happening. Our position on industry consolidation remains the same. If the industry stays as it is, our preference is to remain independent and continue our growth plan. However, if the landscape of the U.S. airline industry does indeed change, we’ll do what we need to do to act in the best interests of you, our customers, our shareholders and the communities we serve.
USAirways and America West can't even integrate themselves very well (AWA and US pilots are not close to an agreement on integration). What makes them think that Delta would be easier to integrate if they have had such a hard time integrating what is on their plate today?