[quote=NWA320pilot;383902]Guys this combination is going to produce a great carrier! Personally I am looking forward to the combines synergies it should produce. With oil going like it has neither carrier was going to see good times for quite a while. BOTH DAL and NWA bring good things to the table but it seems we tend to focus on what each other lacks, be it equipment, routes, pay rates, or seniority. What we should all be focused on is making this work and being a great company that we can all profit from and be proud to work for.

I agree in part with what you are saying. Management and ALPA at both airlines also seem to think the merger has value. The big problem I see is that absent a big drop in oil prices there are going to be furloughs in the fall. Both sides will be blaming the other for those furloughs when in fact it is the price of fuel. There will be lots of hurt feelings and fingerpointing. I am afraid we will end up like USAIR. Given that reality I would prefer Delta to try and make it as a stand alone carried. I don't want 20 years of what NWA has had with Republic.