Originally Posted by alfaromeo

I think the main point is that no one knows what would have happened at a standalone Delta in the last year. We may have grown, we may have shrunk, we may have stayed the same. Most analysts think we would have shrunk and probably more than what happened with the merger. It is just a fantasy for someone to say, "but for the merger, my career would have been.....". All you can really say for sure is the pay rates would have been lower, the retirement worse, and I wouldn't have $50,000 worth of stock in my 401K. (I know, I know, it only has value when you sell it)