Originally Posted by
AYLflyer
Reading the United forum, sounds like in the leadership meeting it was mentioned that there's no interest in them buying anyone (Not that I thought UA would ever buy us) and they're also looking for more JFK slots beyond what they get from us so it sounds like they really want to have a strong presence at JFK. Also depressing to see how much they're expanding while we stagnate and shrink.
Considering UA leadership has now publicly stated they want to hire in the thousands by end of 2026, it doesn't make any sense to merge with anyone. The internal growth they can achieve by hiring people at year 1 negates any reason to merge and take pilots at the top of the scale from elsewhere.