Originally Posted by
Baradium
It seems a major factor in the differences may well have been how the employee groups reacted. The Delta employees launched their own campaign against being taken into the mess that was the America West / USAir integration while the American employees begged for it.
Parker was very arrogant during the Delta takeover attempt and assumed money would trump everything. He basically said up front that the Delta management team would be sacked along with over 25% of the employees by grounding the entire MD88 fleet to start.
He was much more careful with how he ran his mouth during the American takeover. Maybe he was drinking less during that timeframe.