eaglesview
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CAL is positioning itself nicely in the event of a UAL failure. Unfortunately, keeping Glenn in charge increases the probabilities. A merger would definately be in the best interest for UAL employees. I can't imagine CAL seeing it in there best interest unless UAL is significantly "right sized" so they take only the pieces that fit. UAL has some great hubs and equipment and a real nice Pacific operation. The STAR definately needs these pieces to be competitive. UAL also has a lot of baggage/overlap that would require discarding prior to a merge. I don't see it happening as CAL would be in a perfect position to "pick up the pieces" if it came to that. JMHO.
What....Right sizing....We have gone from 10,500 pilots to about 6,400. When in your humble opinion are we the "right size?" I am one that does want a merger. Not because CO is the cats meow in the airline business as they have problems just like us but our managements WILL play one group against the other which a merger will solve. There is no perfect solution, you have to pick your poison.