So... What did the previous airline mergers give up?

[CavePilot]

They tried to give away slots at Lubbock and Midland, but no takers...

I keed, I keed!!!


Bye Bye---General Lee

First thing you've written in years that was pleasant to read.

More of this please vs. well...you.

 

[AirMike]

UAL had to give up 18 slots out of EWR to SWA for the merger to pass regulatory muster. Oh yeah and the bottom 60% of CAL pilots had to give up 10% or more relative seniority and add 3 or more years to their Captain upgrade time as well while super senior UAL JFK FOs pour in to the EWR base to fly the premium paying 767-400 they never would have seen absent the merger (UAL bases are effectively fenced due to their overstaffing). Ahh venting feels good...

I'm almost speechless. After we saved you from financial ruin, provided you the opportunity to fly an actual Jumbo, and allowed you onto the United Airlines seniority list, you repay us with hostility. Shame on you.

 

[Flopgut]

Since you were awarded the slots under a controlled system as separate and competing entities, why do you now think you are entitled to keep them after you combine your business models to reap a monopoly on that service? And no, we won't fly to small cities that need governmental handouts disguised as critical air service.

Tribute must be paid to SWA. That's all this deal is waiting on.

 

[ERfly]

Tribute must be paid to SWA. That's all this deal is waiting on.

Exactly! They're this struggling little carrier out of Love Field. They can't even fly out of Texas. We have to help them grow.

 

[redflyer65]

We thank you for your support!

 

[PCL_128]

Oh yeah and the bottom 60% of CAL pilots had to give up 10% or more relative seniority and add 3 or more years to their Captain upgrade time as well

Yeah, and I lost 14% relative seniority and added 15 years to my upgrade time after the merger with SWA. Cry me a frickin' river.

 

[slaquer5]

I'm a bit irritated that the whiny CEOs of sw and jet blue who think that they have a sense of entitlement of Dca and lga slots owned by the combo of us and amr.
What slots were given up during previous mergers?
Guess what.. If us has to give slots at dca, the crybaby carriers will not fly to the smaller cities that we serve.

Funny A USAir pilot calling someone a crybaby.

Also, who cares what the DOJ says, USAPA should just show Doug how you do not have to listen to NO STICKEN judge.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I suggest that the DCA operation be spun off and a low fare carrier be created and based in Roanoke. It could be run by the CEO of BET, and you could call it DC Air!

No? How about Metrojet?

I'm out of ideas.

 

[scoreboardII]

Tribute must be paid to SWA. That's all this deal is waiting on.

One small kitten bites the dust, that's all we ask for.

 

[brokedash]

It comes down to whatever airlines getting the slots keeping service to the smaller towns presently flown on USX RJS... After all Senators need their nonstop ride to work.