Originally Posted by
Skyvector
This makes sense. Only question for me is if a merge with PDT is AA's plan A or plan B. Either way it would be silly no to realize that a merge is a distinct possibility.
In your educated guess, what would need to happen for this merger to be set in motion?
I believe a merge will happen when either their contract concessions kick in or envoy cannot staff the fleet. I don't have any proof of it but I suspect AAG management doesn't want to give away any more aircraft to non wholly owned carriers in order to match the fleet to the pilot numbers.
I also believe that once AAG mainline is more or less fully integrated and all the groups there have their CBAs set AAG will set their sights on cleaning up and rationalizing the feed side of the house. Again, I have no proof of this, it's just a hunch.