And so it begins... mergers.

[AKMD80GUY]

CAL and Alaska or Delta/NWA/Alaska menaje a' trois. I have heard both around SEA.

 

[av8tor76]

ual stock up $4.51 on news....

 

[M-crit]

No furloughs if it's DAL/NWA. I suspect that CAL and LUV will be scrambling to find their nitch as well. If it's UAL, that could be the reason LUV is beefing up at DEN.

Anybody want to guess who CAL will go after? Anybody wanna guess who LUV might acquire or what parts?

Are you kidding, they have very incompatible fleets. Expect a lot of layoffs if this goes through.

 

[Bavarian Chef]

I am sorry, did someone say menaje a trois? I got sidetracked.

 

[MINIME]

Are you kidding, they have very incompatible fleets. Expect a lot of layoffs if this goes through.

That may be so, but do you really believe these airframes to go away from one day to the next, if ever? I personally don't think so. There will be fences for years to come. In the mean time, everyone should be safe at their spots. Plus, there will be retirements on the NWA side. Combining the retirements and medical outs that might occur, I'd be very surprised if they have to furlough. I could see an immediate stop to hiring however.

 

[nonstop]

Loosening of scope..................Check
Catastrophic terrorist attack.....Check
Recession..............................Check
Bankruptcies..........................Check
Record pay cuts.....................Check
Termination of pensions...........Check
Elimination of work rules...........Check
Record high fuel.....................Check
Age 65..................................Check
Mergers.................................Check
Second recession....................Check

Career destruction checklist complete to cabotage.
Standing by for the career change checklist.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Just called Bob's Big Rig School, got a hold on the next class....says the phones are ringing off the hook and they are not sure why.......

 

[Flying the Line]

Doug's gonna end up buying NWA for US, CAL will buy UAL and DAL will be holding an empty bag.

 

[PCL_128]

Ehhhh. This is going to get messy.

 

[Furloughed80]

Loosening of scope..................Check
Catastrophic terrorist attack.....Check
Recession..............................Check
Bankruptcies..........................Check
Record pay cuts.....................Check
Termination of pensions...........Check
Elimination of work rules...........Check
Record high fuel.....................Check
Age 65..................................Check
Mergers.................................Check
Second recession....................Check

Career destruction checklist complete to cabotage.
Standing by for the career change checklist.

This is hilarious, yet so true.