Some NWA facts for the General

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It would be a good fit for round the World coverage. Any business pax would be able to do one stop shopping.
Bye Bye--General Lee

They already have that with the code shares in place.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

Any chance the General is just going for 10,000 posts before retirement from FI? After 3 more days, is it possible that he will sunset and find another hobby, leaving us all in peace??

We can hope. However, it is entertaining to watch the General's posts get more and more shrill and condescending the more nervous he gets about his future. He was at the height of his paranoid lashing out during the threat of the US Air takeover, but he is rapidly building up to a fever pitch once again. How very entertaining.

I'm sure I will be insulted and belittled once again in about 2 minutes. Fire away, General. Rid yourself of all that nervous energy and paranoid angst, you small pathetic man.

 

[General Lee]

Any chance the General is just going for 10,000 posts before retirement from FI? After 3 more days, is it possible that he will sunset and find another hobby, leaving us all in peace??

We can hope. However, it is entertaining to watch the General's posts get more and more shrill and condescending the more nervous he gets about his future. He was at the height of his paranoid lashing out during the threat of the US Air takeover, but he is rapidly building up to a fever pitch once again. How very entertaining.

I'm sure I will be insulted and belittled once again in about 2 minutes. Fire away, General. Rid yourself of all that nervous energy and paranoid angst, you small pathetic man.

Why would I be nervous? I have the seniority to do well with any merger. I like what I do, and there is no certainty that any merger will occur, especially with Oberstar objecting. If one does, I will do fine. If one doesn't, I will also do fine, probably upgrading a bit quicker. Hey, I like my INTL flying gig right now. It gives me plenty of time for Flightinfo.com.

You sound very unhappy. That is sad.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

They already have that with the code shares in place.

Do you like switching airlines and moving from terminal to terminal? People would rather stay with just one airline I believe. It is nice to have code share partners, though. But one stop shopping is a bit easier.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Noserider76]

Delta doesn't have much overlap with United in LA? Really? JFK, BOS, MCO, DEN, SFO, HNL, OGG, KOA and LIH(starting in June), OAK, SJC, SEA, PDX, YVR, SJD, PHX, TUS, GUA, SLC, and MSY.

As far as hubs and overlap, do you need that much feed into IAD and JFK? Doesn't UAL get mainline feed from the West Coast and FLA for those European Connections? Doesn't DL do the same to and from JFK? Would we need both? I doubt it. Not a good fit.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Really... Most of the destinations you named are flown by Expressjet and believe me..that ain't Delta. The mainline routes we fly from LA are just a fraction of what United mainline does.

As far as JFK and IAD, they go together just fine I think. We're talking about a combined carrier twice the size of DL. Those planes aren't going to fit into ATL or JFK. CVG would be a great reliever for ORD which is much more valuable in terms of O/D traffic. United has much better hubs and a much better fleet. I don't understand why there's any question which would be a better fit.

If the debt could be controlled the combined carrier would have the size and pricing power to finally make a profit in the domestic market instead of running from it, and SWA.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

You sound very unhappy. That is sad.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Actually, I'm quite happy. I honestly have absolutely nothing to be upset or unhappy about. I have a life... I have far less than 10,000 posts.... I actually enjoy doing things that don't involve typing on a computer keyboard... You're just entirely too easy to get a rise out of.

On the plus side, I think when you hit 20,000 posts you get to officially call flightinfo.com your life's work. Congratulations.

 

[General Lee]

Really... Most of the destinations you named are flown by Expressjet and believe me..that ain't Delta. The mainline routes we fly from LA are just a fraction of what United mainline does.

As far as JFK and IAD, they go together just fine I think. We're talking about a combined carrier twice the size of DL. Those planes aren't going to fit into ATL or JFK. CVG would be a great reliever for ORD which is much more valuable in terms of O/D traffic. United has much better hubs and a much better fleet. I don't understand why there's any question which would be a better fit.

If the debt could be controlled the combined carrier would have the size and pricing power to finally make a profit in the domestic market instead of running from it, and SWA.

Really? Can you name other cities United mainline goes to that Delta does not? Here they are: BWI, ORD, HKG, LHR, MEX, EWR, PHL, SAL, NRT, and IAD. Wow, mainline goes to 10 total cities more than DL, even though DL mainline flies to CHM, FLL, BDL, JAX, TPA, GDL, PVR, LIB, MGA, and RDU nonstop from LAX too, and UAL doesn't. Oh well, it is fun to speculate, but all in all it probably won't happen anyway. Air France and others may be trying to bank roll DL into buying NWA it seems.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Actually, I'm quite happy. I honestly have absolutely nothing to be upset or unhappy about. You're just entirely too easy to get a rise out of.

Do I really sound upset? I enjoy the banter and debate or lack of it. Keep it going, really.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[FmrFreightDog]

Do I really sound upset? I enjoy the banter and debate or lack of it. Keep it going, really.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Yes... you do... you sound shrill, paranoid, and frightened enough to lash out like a monkey in a cage... as usual.

As always, you amuse me.

 

[General Lee]

Yes... you do... you sound shrill, paranoid, and frightened enough to lash out like a monkey in a cage... as usual.

As always, you amuse me.

Paranoid and frightened? Really? No, I am just excited that I have enough material to get me to 10,000 posts, soon. Thanks for participating.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[p3flteng]

Gul Lee,

I am wondering how you are able to pull this whole flightinfo.com Little Corporal thing off? I have been on this sight for a couple years and have managed less that fifty posts. On top of that I am currently in initial training and interested in what the merger news and happenings are so I manage to check in and at least read the wire once to every other day. UNless you have been in initial /upgrade or whatever for the last two months how the hell do you do it?..

Dude...

Don't you ever work?

Ok, I will admitt that you do add to the the forum, its just that I can't fathom why the hell anyone would give that much time to this. (10,000..come on, really...why?)

 

[FlyByNight1]

careful General, your in danger of making since.

 

[pipe]

Now if we could get rid of the hat during this whole mess, I think it might be worth it. That would be awesome!!

On a side note, does it really matter what you bring to the table if Delta is the one doing the buying?

Whatever happens with DAL/CAL/NWA/UAL, etc., everyone should get one thing straight. It ain't happening in BK this time. There's no buyer and no buyee. There will be a bunch of hocus-pocus BS stock manipulations and standard corporate criminal activity. Bank accounts will be filled, one group of managers will retire rich, and the employees will ALL lose.

Anyone (General) who bunches his panties up thinking he's buying himself a new toy to do with as he pleases is delusional.

PIPE

 

[On Your Six]

Gul Lee,

I am wondering how you are able to pull this whole flightinfo.com Little Corporal thing off? I have been on this sight for a couple years and have managed less that fifty posts. On top of that I am currently in initial training and interested in what the merger news and happenings are so I manage to check in and at least read the wire once to every other day. UNless you have been in initial /upgrade or whatever for the last two months how the hell do you do it?..

Dude...

Don't you ever work?

Ok, I will admitt that you do add to the the forum, its just that I can't fathom why the hell anyone would give that much time to this. (10,000..come on, really...why?)

Why is this even relevant? Who cares whether GL has reached a certain milestone. If GL views this as a hobby then so be it. Some people get off on baseball statistics... Who really cares? Being able to contribute to the discussion/debate is what really matters - right? Let's get back to the main topic at hand...

 

[JohnQ]

I'm not sure what the point of this thread is, other than the voyeuristic factor. That said...

I think that a MERGER between DAL and NWA would be a good thing. While on paper you might have one airline "buying" the other I actually consider it a merger of equals, and a possibly good one at that (if there is such a thing).

Both carriers' pilot groups have similar seniority and fleet sizes (except the 747 and -9, which I am sure would come with some sort of fences). Both airlines and pilot groups bring a lot of pluses to the table.

IF DAL and NWA merge, I think it reasonable to conclude that our two MECs can see the fiasco at AAA/AWA and avoid going to arbitration. I think that we could be a formidable outfit with a large pilot group that gets along and values each other's qualifications and skills.