Originally Posted by
Salukidawg
Forget AS at this point. You all couldn't agree on who would run the combined Airline anyway. Why not wait for F9/NK to shake out and then merge with them? Full Airbus fleet and a balanced domestic route network spread evenly throughout the country. AS/B6 would be a barbell network. Strong on the opposite coasts without much of anything in the middle of the country. It would be too reliant on transcons only and that's not sustainable against the Big 4 IMO.
Yep the networks don't make sense this way. To get from Portland Maine to Spokane Washington you'd have to fly PWM-JFK-SEA-GEG. Every other airline would be 2 legs. I think even Southwest can make that trip in 2 legs.