Originally Posted by
Slaphappy
There really isn't any airline that AA, UA or DAL want or need in the US. No airline in the US would offer them anything they need...There isn't anything any airline offer they couldn't just buy or build on their own.
Nope, nothing at all. Unless you count gate space, reduced completion (and thus increased fares), and narrow-body airplanes from this century. Other than those worthless things, they offer nothing.