Originally Posted by R57 relay

My God man, I thought drug testing was industry wide.

I actually agree with a few of your points. The conventional wisdom was that US was going out of business. Just as it was for US and TWA for years. But, we didn't. Bruce Lakefield masterminded another strategy that Parker latched on to.

Let's review. And if you don't want to take my word for it, google the AWA 2004 10-K. AWA was an airline in the margins. Not a fully low cost point to point airline, not a hub airline able to generate higher yields. US Airways was airline hobbled together of a bunch of local service airlines, trying to make it in the big times. Neither airline had what what required to stay alive. PERIOD. AWA had no money to buy it's way into the future. US had lowered it's costs, but still needed help. The merger saved us BOTH. Period.

AWA lost money most of the time from 2001 on. They made a small profit in 2003, but it was like 30 million when the government gave them 80+million in assistance. It's all in the 10-Ks, go look. They weren't kicking ass and taking names as so many of you like to claim. When they did the merger they were losing money, had their asses kicked in the trancon market and needed money. They got that, with no money down,with the US merger.

There has been NO GROWTH! What is so hard to figure out about that? US had over 270 hulls on May 19, 2005. Today it is around 220, with 20 being E190s. Why is that so hard to understand?

You can claim what you want, but the AWA MEC wanted separate ratification of a JCBA before a SLI could be used. That is a fact, although you probably can't get a west guy to admit to it. The west thought it would be screwed in a SLI, and that the east would use it's majority to accept any old contract to make it so. That is a fact. It backfired. You should be asking your former leaders for answers.

Geeze, are you guys really that stupid?