I think we can all agree that the purchase was a poorly executed, ego driven mess that left a LOT of airline folks' lives upside down. Probably show up in some business school case study as "How NOT to merge with another company."

One thing is for sure - we are certainly continuing the time-honored tradition of still questioning details of the deal long after it passed. So far the two deals I've heard of still being discussed (and *****ed about) are both 1986 deals - OZ/TWA and NWA/Republic (both DOH, btw.)

And finally, there is absolutely no doubt that those that were truly screwed over were TWA F/As with a gazillion years of service and furloughed, as well as TWA CAs and senior FOs who are also furloughed. Anytime there is a merger/acquisition and senior folks like that are laid off, pretty much leaves no doubt as to who got the short end of the deal.

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