Originally Posted by
whaler
Right size. United union doent have a good history. To Shrink for a merger makes no sense unless you can't make profit or the gov tells you to. Lots of people love that koolaid flavor.
I'm sure it had nothing to do with CO telling UA to pound sand when United first approached them with merger talks. United needed a dance partner and basically did what CO wanted to get the deal done. Tilton said that the 737's weren't fuel efficient, yet the new United operated CO's -500 fleet for nearly a decade.
Funny how as soon as United's Guppy fleet was parked and over 1400 pilots furloughed that a merger was announced.
GP