Originally Posted by
SoCalGuy
There are
plenty of 'leaders' (airline execs) within this industry, many past-some present, that would not be coined the term 'smart'.
As you well know, there have been numerous 'business decisions' made in the past that have lead many of us to say "W.T.*. was that about??"
Lesson of the day: Never discount the possiblity if the ability is an 'option' sitting right there......Wanting it bad enough ('smart' or otherwise).....if there's a will, they will find a way.
Is the likelyhood of a marriage between the present AA/U real?? Probably not.
Agreed.
Just like AMR buying TWA to counter a UAL/U marraige that never happened. It cost them 800 mil for all the purchasing and another 800 mil to dump most everything including most of their fleet, routes and hubs. All they kept was some of their equipment and employees, most of which they furloughed.
But I sincerely hope that even AMR wouldn't be stupid enough to allow their precious rep (or so THEY believe) to be placed in the hands of Mesa and that was the crux of my assumption of the absence of COMPLETE stupidity.