Originally Posted by
Knightrider
There is some truth to the Feburary date because the next presidential administration will have to review the merger if it is not set up for review by the end of this month. If that happens you are looking at atleast another year before that is taken care of.
Bush's administration doesn't end until Jan 20, 2009. Seems to me there is still plenty of time. But then again I'm just guessing. I do think that the merger will happen, with or without ALPA's help. There is a lot of money to be made by the Wall Street types, and they don't really care if the new airline is successful. It's a rare opportunity that airline boards even talk to employees before a merger, or even give them a chance to work up an agreement before hand. Hopefully ALPA can figure something out. Otherwise, I think the merger will happen, and an arbitrator will get to do a seniority list. Good Luck.