Originally Posted by
sleeves
The reality is that LCAL was successful with good MGT. When they looked at merging with you our good MGT said NO we would rather quit. You have not had decent MGT for decades. Why?? Because smart MGT wants nothing to do with this toxic environment. We are now tied to the titanic. That is reality. Those are the facts.
Remember Ratt? 'Round and 'Round.....
Sleeves I clearly remember a long layover in SFO in early April of 2010. I was out to dinner with two other crews, and we had all known each other for a long time. The topic of conversation that night was the news that had broken earlier in the day. The news was that UAL was in deep merger negotiations with USAirways. So much for any chance of a CAL merger being revived we figured. Obviously, Glen was serious about moving on. Given all of the previous work that had been done on a USair deal, we figured this was going to happen fast. Remember, this is already pushing two years since DAL/NWA.
That weekend, Glen was tending to his horses on his Santa Fe ranch when Jeff called. He begged him not to marry the "ugly girl." Tilton reversed course, and the rest was history.
Evidently, your management team was not comfortable with CAL and AAL being the last two legacy carriers standing alone. With major overlaps in NY, Latin / South America, and two large hubs close together in Texas, that seems understandable.
If you would have rather gone down that road, then just say so. I'm sure you would have been thrilled with APA.