Diesel-9
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The only other thing that makes sense is NWA picking up the remainder of UAL, and CAL, AMR, and US would slowly disappear. This kind of a deal would never make it past regulators.Lowcur:
You're getting the picture. Everything I have heard about UAL internally has been parts, not the whole. Remember the Pan Am guys came out pretty good when Delta bought that part of PAA... and yes, the union did have issues which forced them to mortgage their offices in Herndon to fund the settlement with some PAA pilots who did not make it on the Delta life raft.
UAUA management will only be too happy to say the sale of the Pacific to Delta is a "good thing needed for the survival of the Company" if it gives them a opportunity to cash out. I would have a hard time believing they could present enough financial evidence that this scenerio is viable for their survival.
If this happens, I would expect Delta to take employees with airplanes.
Why DAL/UAL?
ORD, DEN & SFO
That's why.
Close SLC (or make it a focus city) and CVG.
NWA would fit with CAL. Close CLE and you're set.
AMR would take some of the Asia routes they'd have to spin off to pacify the regulators (who would protest the NWAsia/Air Mic "conflict").TC
But, Pardus is advocating not going the NWA route as it would involve closing CVG and MEM. They think this would somehow present regulation and union problems. How is the closing or SLC and CVG any different?
imp:
General, there's your upgrade.Considerably less. MSP 757 reserve just went to someone with a hire date of 08/01 (recent recall), and MSP blockholder went to someone with a hire date of 01/99.
So no one thinks Delta would want a massive ORD hub and a real West Coast operation (as opposed to the "mini-me" LAX op...)?
DEN has tons more O&D than SLC could ever dream of. Look at the catchment area.
I guess it would be better to inherit a MSP and DTW hub (keeps everything close to the mothership in ATL) than to jump into a turnkey operation in several large metro areas spread out across the country.
(Agreeing so as to not engage in yet another pointless discussion regarding Delta on FI.)
TC
General, there's your upgrade.
There will NOT be a DOH merger. Nope. We lost our top 2000 guys before the BK, which would put us at a huge disadvantage. Expect a percentage type merger,