Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
Anyone who thinks the AA network will be fragmented to other carriers is smoking some seriously good stuff.
Im guessing IAG wants to buy a chunk of AA to keep Parker in check. Not saying IAG doesnt want an AA/US merger, but I dont think they are crazy about Parker running the show.
I don't know if you guys remember but at one time BA owned a chunk of US Air. It was a very interesting time. BA looks out for....BA(looked. I'm sure IAG looks out for IAG now)
I was supposed to go fly for them for 6 months back around '96. They screwed the Dan Air guys and were short of 737 F/Os. The details are fuzzy now, but seems US was smarting a little from the slowdown of Trans-Atlantic growth and maybe we transferred some flying to them. I know we turned some of our routes into BA and wet leased the A/C to them to fly it. Anyway, the LGW flying appeared to be a bone they threw to us. About 40 of us trained to BA standards, then the Dan Air guys that were supposed to get their jobs back got wind of it and put a stop to it. Rightly so, most of us didn't know what was going on.
I think both sides soured on the deal and Wolf got US out of it.