Originally Posted by
rickt86
If oneworld lost AA, why not get USAIR to join and back them fiscally? USair could pick up the useful parts of the demise?
USAIR is still star alliance correct? How do they fit into that at all, I think its just leftover from their UAL merger idea in 2000.
You really want to get scared about merger noise? Get scared when Usair joins oneworld.
If U and AA are truly destined to end up in bed together, it will matter little whether U's joining One World occurs first or last. Parker still has to get around clauses in USAPA's CBA regarding VERY expensive pay rate snapbacks should U merge. If U isn't the controlling entity in any merge, U owes USAPA another 250 million on top of that supposedly.
If AA and U merge, it will could very well be disastrous for those at Eagle.