Fishfreighter, if we merge welcome aboard. I've only heard good things about Alaska and that's good and the one time I dealt with AS it was a positive experience in a trying time and btw, Delta is a great airline if it does happen.

But fwiw, that Alaska-DAL agreement is a big sore spot for our west coast pilots. Many see it as a reason for displacements out of LAX with no pending growth. But at the same time nobody wants to merge again but of course nobody wants Alaska to be acquired by AMR either.

You feel like you're at the optomitrist: "better or worse?" "worse..." "better or worse?" "better but still not good..." "better or worse?" "better but still not good..." "better or worse?" "can I just have lasik?" "no... better or worse?"

The joys of not being in control.