Truckdriver said:Then again, MESA is up 11% so maybe MESA will announce next week that it has purchased ASA. DAL will then cancel it's SLC ccontract with SKYW and give all of that flying to MESA.
You got it wrong. MESA will make an offer but it will be for Delta not ASA. They just haven't told the General as yet.
The deal won't go through though. Instead DL and NW will merge (in Ch.11) and the General will become a 7-400 captain flying MSP-ANC twice a day . Duan Wrth will be his FO.
Song will change its name to Swan and fade away. The "new and improved" airline will be called Legacy Express.
The new Legacy Express will retire all the narrow body aircaft (including the RJ fleet(s)) and replace them with 10 Airbus 380's in high density configuration for medium and long range domestic service (this will finally compete successfully with JB). The former DL 76's and the NW 320's will replace all the RJ service on the short haul routes, establishing a new high of pax comfort in "regional" service by eliminating those useless RJs from the fleet (PCL and MSA will close). [This will cook the AirTrans and SWA geese]. The General will get a big bonus for helping the company to realize that big airplanes are cheaper and better than small airplanes on short routes.
This plan, coupled with more pay reductions and a new surge in furloughs, will reduce CASM, allow Legacy to compete effectively with JB, AirTran and SWA, and return Legacy to profitability.
CMR will be sold by DL for 10 cents on the dollar to raise cash for DL's merger costs, after which it will be acquired by Chit and stapled to the bottom of the MDA list. Pay will be reduced to MESA -20%, then ...
MESA will be forced out of the equation, but JO will recover by signing a code share agreement with Great Lakes. Together they will provide shuttle services to the new Trump casino in LAS and tours of the Grand Canyon.
SKYW will buy ASA, after which the Mormons will be converted to Southern Baptists in the service of United. A new industry leading "flow up" plan to UAL will provide career advancement to the good mainline jobs beginning in 2020 when UAL emerges from Chapter 11.
The future is bright!