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Originally Posted by WorkerBee
I am an outsider and was just wondering... Reading the west posts one would think AWA had a savior complex and just decided to rescue another airline. On the other hand, I bet Parker saw a value in USAirways and that led him to pursue the combination. I could be wrong. Maybe he just couldn't sleep at night worrying about all these people that were going to be out of work.
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Yes, Parker saw value in US Airways. He has said before that if we had waited until US liquadated AWA would have been outbid for all of the valuable pieces. I was at a brown bag lunch were Jeff Mclellan said they moved up the merger, because they were concerned the creditors were going to try and force a liquadation. Mr. Mclellan at the time he said this knew he was dying of terminal cancer. Why he would lie about the condition of US Airways pre merger I don't know. I think a lot of the original US Airways pilots don't want to accept the truth, because then they would have a hard time trying to justify DOH which is in essence a staple job. It doesn't effect me right now, but if I ever go back I'd at least like a fair seniority list to go back to.