United and Delta...

[JJET44]

That was last year!!
This year it's "My Delta's now anybody's Delta for the right price!!!"

 

[zonker]

Am I the only one who finds this $hit really scary? Hedge funds driving the industry...and moronic management all to happy to be a lapdog in the process.

Exactly right.

"Let's get this done before someone who gives a crap about working people gets into office."

 

[Sonny Crockett]

Hey Sonny Crockett,

Staple guns set to stun, fire at will!

Discuss...

Disclaimer: No dog in this fight...

Ralph

Hey Ralph!~

As my old boss, ya know I am just "lucky to be here" and I need to be doing it "better and cleaner than the other guy"

Just along for the ride....however it will be fun to have General Lee as my F/O!

 

[Sinca3]

DUlta?......I am pretty sure I read a thread or two on here, that the DELTA name would remain....and that has to be true..right?..Oh, wait...thats only if NWA and Delta happen...now this is different.

I just watched the Delta Town Hall Meeting where Ed Bastain and Richard Anderson both talked about this possibility. One maybe both said that if any merger were to happen it would be b/c it made sense for the shareholders employees and public....and they kept saying it in that order.
Also straight out of there mouths was the new entity would retain the DELTA name and remain headquartered in ATLANTA.
Now I'm not saying these guys are lying but they are management cronies......that being said I would venture to say that they probably have talked but all this is doing is keeping those shareholders happy in the thoughts that it is a possibility. A side effect of this is that both companies stock value has gone up.

 

[rf285]

3:30 PM todayNew Delta's Anderson: 'No ongoing discussions' with United - MarketWatch

 

[BoilerUP]

How many 319s/320s does UAL have?

What about MD88/90s at Delta?

Seems like there's plenty of fleet commonality (737, 757, 767, 777) outside of those two fleets between the two...not to mention a huge amount of regional overlap.

 

[Furloughed80]

Delta just issued a statement to CNN saying it is NOT in talks with UAL. Go figure.

 

[Indy319FA]

Could this be the end of the honeymoon for Anderson?

Anybody who doesn't think this guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing ought to go watch his performance before the house aviation committee just after 9-11.

When asked about what would happen to workers that may be displaced, his response was "we'll follow the contracts." He showed zero emotion. The other CEOs (Mullin included) at least acted like they gave a crap about what was going to happen, but Anderson looked like he couldn't understand why they were asking such a question.....

Get ready DL folks, you're about to get the royal screw.....

 

[GogglesPisano]

See what a panic an "insider" who would "like to remain anonymous" can cause.

 

[rayford steele]

Maybe AirTran can change their name to Delta?

 

[rayford steele]

See what a panic an "insider" who would "like to remain anonymous" can cause.

Hey Goggles that is one of the funniest dog gone avatars I have seen. I hate that stupid little paperclip!

 

[JohnQ]

Could this be the end of the honeymoon for Anderson?

Anybody who doesn't think this guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing ought to go watch his performance before the house aviation committee just after 9-11.

When asked about what would happen to workers that may be displaced, his response was "we'll follow the contracts." He showed zero emotion. The other CEOs (Mullin included) at least acted like they gave a crap about what was going to happen, but Anderson looked like he couldn't understand why they were asking such a question.....

Get ready DL folks, you're about to get the royal screw.....

I would rather have an "unemotional" CEO who actually knows something about making money in this industry--which we have with Anderson--than another who puts on a good face to Congress, while he acquires massive debt to buy scores of RJs, fly 777s to Orlando and Tampa, and generate multimillion dollar payouts to execs who leave just before the BK filing--all which happened on Leo Mullin's watch.

If you make personal and professional judgments based on one's persona in front of a congressional testimony...well you need to get out more.

 

[ualdriver]

Well, if Pardus issued the letter in the early afternoon and sold a block of shares in both companies shortly thereafter, it looks like they made themselves a nice little profit on this little "surprise announcement."

 

[General Lee]

Could this be the end of the honeymoon for Anderson?

Anybody who doesn't think this guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing ought to go watch his performance before the house aviation committee just after 9-11.

When asked about what would happen to workers that may be displaced, his response was "we'll follow the contracts." He showed zero emotion. The other CEOs (Mullin included) at least acted like they gave a crap about what was going to happen, but Anderson looked like he couldn't understand why they were asking such a question.....

Get ready DL folks, you're about to get the royal screw.....[quote]

Where do you come up with that last statement? Are you sure about that? Sounds like you followed your clowns at Indy Air right into the ground. Anderson made the statement that he and Delta are not engaging in talks with UAL, but are looking at strategic possibilities that could help Delta. I think you are still smarting about your crash and burn at Indy Air.

Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[FDJ2]

See what a panic an "insider" who would "like to remain anonymous" can cause.

Yeah, but mission accomplished for the hedge fund guys. The stocks rallied on the unsubstantiated rumor and the hedge fund managers made millions.