I don't know about that. I think that if a merger is going to happen our fight will be over. We then go into MB, and as someone else said there will be nothing we can do about it. I think everyone has learned from our screw up.

Cactiboss- I understand why you guys filled Addington, if I was over there I'm sure I would have agreed. But, it has delayed things. Judge Wake would have done us a favor had he ruled it was not ripe. I think the company picked up on this and that's why the filed the DJ, to delay and keep their costs down. Look at what their lawyer is now saying. Why not tell USAPA that instead of going to court? I could be wrong, but I've always felt that they knew they would not agree to changing the award and have just playing us.

C1-Our managers say you are wrong about part of what you are saying about the merger. The east coast system is more expensive, but with the expense comes great revenue. By merging with US, AWA gained access to the funding, paid off the ATSB, expanded their route network and avoided Ch 11. Had they let US go, they couldn't have done that, they did not have the money to benefit from it. Parker and Kirby have explained this over and over but you guys just don't want to believe it. CLT is the most profitable, DCA has the best margin, then PHL, then PHX. I had a chat with another manager in '08 and he said that AWA would have never survived the run up in fuel with it's network. Parker has said the model no longer worked and that the other majors getting their costs down was the death knell for AWA.

One problem(for labor) that I see is the overlap. People say there isn't much overlap, but when you look at city pairs there is. I believe the end product would be smaller than the two now, and that's where the fight comes in with pilots.