Originally Posted by
block30
They've acknowledgedweged times are changing in the industry but a merger isn't a good option. What bit of evidence gives anybody the idea we are inching towards a merger? Expressjet is getting bled out, sorry to say, but its the truth. If they thought a merger looked good, I'm sure they talk about synergies, and cost savings, and blah blah blah.
Who wants to bet me that we will merge within the next five years, starting today? I bet not.
Oh yeah, and even though managment is adamant that our HQ won't be ATL, its gonna be ATL because: reasons.
I don't think we'll merge with anyone either. That would cause too many headaches in the integration again. I'm simply saying that they were hesitant announcing the Express Jet 200's and Atlanta base because they said they didn't want to hurt ExpressJets recruiting efforts. So I'm pretty sure that if they wanted to merge us with someone else it would be sprung on us like the Mesaba Pinnacle deal