So the Airways guys have to pronounce it "Merkin" from now on...I kid...

As far as tha Adopt and Go policy--I agree with it wholeheartedly! (don;t like parts of it--but agree with it) For the US Boeing Guys and the Merkin Bus guys the changes are odd and seem silly at times...I realize that from The pilot down to the ramp and every single functional office in the company has the same concerns and complaints--There are hundred of thousands of details in every office that have to take place to complete this merger--If they were to stop at each one to determine and develop the "best practice" for each detail It will take 20 years to get this merger complete..I would rather them take the bigger group--put what they have in place and move to the next thing. My personal responisiblity in this is to retain the Old publications and capture the US Airways FOM best practices (V1-5 anyone? as an example) and in a year or 2--when the majority of the merger is complete and the responsible parties can actually start looking at things other than the merger... THEN submit what I think are the best practices that were lost in the rush to merge and advocate to get them put back in...I am ready to join up with my Merkin bros and start kicking the ****** out of the competition!!

AF