Originally Posted by
172 Captain
Honest questions .....if USAir and AA (Pilots, FA's and TWU..per negotiation talks) come to terms on a merger:
1. Doesn't AMR have orders (understood as options) for 480 aircraft. (Rhetorical)
2. If the pilots go, the airframes don't?
3. If pilots go, and pi$$ of AMR, the only pilot group left is Eagle?
4. Then can you see AMR retaliate against the merger?
Not being a "high fiver" by any means. I just heard this hypothetical through friends.
The media calls this a merger but the only way that is going to happen is if AA Managment agrees to it or their exclusive period expires, this will likely be a hostile takeover. US Air would acquire all of AMR, unless they chose to break it up between other parties. As far as the pilots going and. It the airplanes, what would AMR do with order of airplanes with no gates, no slots, no routes established and no brand name! Essentially they would be a start up... But again if US Airways acquires AA they are acquiring AMR as a whole, with pilots, slots, airplanes, gates, 4.8 billion in cash and over 25 billion in debt!