Originally Posted by
B757200ER
Not to be negative, but two big airlines merging was bound to create redundancies. The first thing that usually happens is capacity cuts, route discontinuations, and cities disappearing from systems route maps. Then, there will be fleet reductions, hangar closures, hub closures, res center closures, gate/terminal space reductions and inevitably, the probability of...furloughs. I still think NWA/DAL is going to be a great airline; but not at it's current size.
Anyone who thought this was not coming was standing too close to the reactor.
NWA had greater effciencies and lower costs than DAL. Do you really think RA was going to combine the airlines so he could double his workforce, pay them all more and work them less? Oh yea, 1+1=3 Puleeze....
Next will be the return towards NWA type efficiencies both in the PWA and other parts of the airline. We'll survive - expect a wholesale blood bath on the ramp and agent side. We ain't seen nothing yet.
The only question on the pilot side is if we'll toss the end of the list under the bus to further outsourcing so as to preserve what we can a little longer...