Originally Posted by reggie dunlop

with any big issue there will always be 5 or 6 boobs who dedicate their life to arguing their opinion ad naseum on the interwebs. They of course have an inside track with some mgt person who they believe have bared their soul to them and had being entirely forthright and honest about their intentions for the future. Statements like "ask brad and ben, they will tell you."

the truly interesting ones create new accounts for the express purpose of engaging in these behaviors. It is always fun, years down the road, to see how wildly far off these folks were with there prognostications of certainties they believed would come true.

Andy, and his endless drivel, though intelligent sounding, about the financial demise of va lasted for almost a decade, comes quickly to mind. He was not right about anything, ever. Not his fault, he just didn't have the facts and never would. Those are kept behind the veil.

Every single time....

No different here. Mea25000 is obviously that guy, along with a supporting cast of bit players that will play this cycle out for the next couple years. My guess is their prognostications about this and that will be wildly off base, or at least not accurate enough to reflect anything that actually comes to pass.

I will offer mine now.

When the merger is said and done and the bases and flying are blended, mea25000 and shyguy will meet on a layover, start talking and realize who each other is from apc. They will fall madly in love, run away together, and we will get to watch the first apc pilot/pilot wedding hosted by apc and streamed live from the lax hilton while they are both on a 16 hour overnight.

You heard it here first...