What's in a name? The Merged Airline's name would be......

[FmrFreightDog]

Someone refresh my memory, but how did UAL buy Pan Am's Asian rights? Was that transfer difficult? What's the perceived difference in this case? What about Air Canada buying Canadian Airlines' Asian routes? Serious question.

I could be completely wrong here and don't really want to spend the time it takes to investigate it, but.... I believe that Japan is not obligated to allow the 5th freedom rights to transfer. In the case of United/Pan Am, the routes were allowed to be sold. However, I think Fedex bought Flying Tigers mainly to take advantage of that carriers' 5th freedom rights and the rights did not transfer with the sale.

Like I said, I could be totally wrong, but I think I read that somewhere. In this case I guess it would come down to whether it's easier to let NWA be the buyer or to grease whatever palms need to be greased in order to allow the rights to transfer to Delta.

Either way, I don't see why anyone cares. Since neither carrier is on "death's door" who the buyer is and who the buyee is will make absolutely no difference when it comes to pilots and seniority lists. The name the merged carrier chooses to operate under will not carry any weight with an arbitrator if it comes down to that. I would be far more worried about a possible furlough/stagnation/base closure that what the name of the company I work for is going to be.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

I think a lot of DAL boys are going to be mighty disappointed when their loot and plunder expectations are not met. If this happens it's going to be a marriage of equals, or they might even have to pay for the privilege.

"The harder they come...the harder they fall, one in all...."

I think you're witnessing the utter inability of many Delta pilots to believe that everybody else in the industry does not, in fact, cry themselves to sleep over the fact that they don't get to walk around in double-breasted coats. Lots of very large egos at work over there.

 

[IXLR8]

but in the rest of the world and the United States it is lacking. I
Bye Bye--General Lee

Umm..Delta isnt much if any better off than NWA in this deparment...you are delusional if you really believe that.

 

[jetflier]

...Keep your friends close,...but keep your enemies closer....

 

[jetflier]

The new airlines name is,.... .... drum roll please,... ..... .....Northwest Airlines,

 

[Jmoney]

Suggestion

Here's a suggestion for the new name:

GeneralLeeisagigantictoolbagandsuxmonkeynutslines....

Kinda just rolls off the tongue, don't it?

 

[General Lee]

Here's a suggestion for the new name:

GeneralLeeisagigantictoolbagandsuxmonkeynutslines....

Kinda just rolls off the tongue, don't it?

Again, you have nothing to add here. Can you please pick up an open trip to Flint or Valdosta and spare us more?

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[airline#5]

Hey Lee,

Nice arrogance. Are you better than those picking up trips to Flint and Valdosta? You sound like a ass quite frankly.

 

[jke406]

Hey Lee,

Nice arrogance. Are you better than those picking up trips to Flint and Valdosta? You sound like a ass quite frankly.

General Lee, JMoney, and 737Pylt are all the same guy...he's just trying to stir the pot here.

 

[Big Slick]

Let's rehash some old Flight Info jokes:

Delta + United = Delighted

My favorite:
Continental + Air Lingus =

 

[General Lee]

Hey Lee,

Nice arrogance. Are you better than those picking up trips to Flint and Valdosta? You sound like a ass quite frankly.

No, not better, just lucky to not have to go there. Jmoney seems to be the type that would frequent Flint and Valdosta. He is more comfortable in smaller cities with country type folk who talk at a slower speeds. I guess that would lean more towards Valdosta. I hope he enjoys it, since he will be going there a lot in the future.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

General Lee, JMoney, and 737Pylt are all the same guy...he's just trying to stir the pot here.

Yep, he cracked the code. I was also at the grassy knoll....

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Scope out RJ's]

General Lee, JMoney, and 737Pylt are all the same guy...he's just trying to stir the pot here.

jke406 is just pissed that his alter ego tanker clown just got banned!