Originally Posted by APC225

It does matter. A lot. By the end of 2010 the creditor wolves had been fended off by the promise of CAL passenger service and CAL management righting a sinking ship (note, the latest 14th out of 14 shows how wrong that notion was). The end of 2009 would more accurately show the health of each company, independently, before merger announcement. BTW, I don't know what it would show, but whatever it shows it would be pre-merger therefore more constructive for the health-of-company-equates-to-career-expectations issue.