Originally Posted by
Whacker77
If you're hoping for an economic recovery that will aid the airline industry, RAH's purchase of Midwest is a very good sign. Usually, aquisitions are a sure sign the economy has either bottomed or is growing. I would go with the former right now.
Here's the bad as I see it though. Were I a pilot on furlough from RAH, I would be very unhappy that the money is available to buy other airlines, but not keep me employed. That's probably a poor way to look at things, but that would be my view.
I do hope these purchases are a sign of better things to come for the industry though.
Do you know how a parasite works? It feeds off it's host. The host could be dying, however the parasite is living a healthy life.
That is exactly what RAH is doing. It is not a sign of economic recovery, it is just based on the fact that RAH has been feeding off the major airlines they serve and now have become their own competition. The truth is that RAH has been sheltered from this economic storm. They do not have to pay for fuel, and they could care less about how many people are on their airplanes, they get paid regardless.