Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Another merger would be disaster for the bottom 2/3rds of the Delta list. Most feel the NWA / DAL merger set them back a few years and given our shrinkage as our network was rationalized, their perception is mostly spot on.
Really?
Merged Delta was the
only legacy airline not to furlough during the last downturn. In fact, Delta hired 305 since the merger. Two early out programs took a fair number of guys off the top, but even with the retirement of two uneconomic fleets there were no furloughs.
That reality conflicts with the perception posted above. Merger setting them back?
Ask the bottom 1450 at UAL, the bottom 10% of Alaska, the bottom 1700 at AMR, the 147 at CAL. Heck, even a bunch of the regionals furloughed. That's being set back.