At least you are consistent. You see nothing wrong with a furloughee and a line holding captain exchanging places. This is somehow not a windfall for the furloghee in your twisted view.
The west captain who is not interested in trading places with the furloghed F.O suffers from greed and entitlement in your world view. Truly you are warped.
After the merger the east grew and the west shrank. The east has now shrunk, but not down to their pre merger size.
Yes, yes the east are perennially screwed by everybody through no fault of their own, they are professional victims.
Oh, I see. Any airline that has the temerity to grow, when USAir is shrinking, is just wrong and confused. AWA should have been shrinking - never-mind that they were profitable in the years leading up to their acquisition of USAirways.
Yes, another quote twisted horribly out of context. While USAirways faced certain liquidation, absent the merger, Parker stated that eventually AWA may well have had to face chapter 11, had they not been able to merge with anyone else or otherwise change shape.
This is a far cry from USAirways pre-merger condition. AWA was still profitable and would no doubt have moved on to a third or fourth merger target. USAirways would have been roadkill long before AWA faced a bankruptcy court judge, however.
So, what is your USAir connection? You probably still live at home and are exposed to a stream of consienceness of bitter victimhood from you east pilot father.
