Originally Posted by
Andy
I don't have a dog in the fight but I think it was about as 'fair' as any other integration. It was certainly much more fair than Delta/Northwest - that should have gone down as DOH due to the massive early retirements on the DAL side just prior to the merger, along with the much higher percentage of widebodies on the Northwest side of the house.
You have got it backwards. Delta had a lot more widebodies. That said NWA had the whale (747-400 and -200). Not long after the merger Delta did what Delta does best and started parking planes. The -200's are all gone now.