Originally Posted by
Poss
We fly they manage.
LUAL didn't need to dig itself out of a hole. They never intended to grow organically. Merging was always the plan. The same for DAL/NWA.
That may have been the case in '08 but do you think it was the case in '01? United was a tear back then. I doubt that on Sept 10 management was thinking about massive reductions, bankruptcy, and a future merger. Once you start down the path of reductions it's really hard to turn that train around.