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Old 10-22-2010 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Coto Pilot
What has happened to Continental's joining one of the alliances that required the pilots consent. Did the merger nullify this provision or is it still required? I seem to recall that there was a January 2011 deadline for this to be worked out.
Not too sure on what exactly your referring to other than the drop dead date for CAL's Anti-Trust Imminity Agreement that had a 'shelf life' until the end of 2010. If that's what your refering to, the following are the two ways it could have played out....

Scenario#1: IF CAL would have remained independent, then their would have been a 'shelf life' on the Anti-Trust Immunity granted to CAL (and UAL) by the Gov. That "drop dead date" was to end the immunity at the end of DEC 2010, that's the only thing that had a 'shelf life' in what your were referring to?? Even during the Merger 'talks', this could have revived if/and ONLY if the 'deal' did not go through via Gov approval regarding the Merger.

Scenario#2: The preverbal "Ship has sailed".....There is NO LONGER a Anti-Trust/Drop Dead date b/c it's all one company now....UAL.

As we know today, Scenario#2 is the hard fact.
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