Wow, the green routes that have taken over the western half of our route map are slowly spreading east. I'm counting 7 transcons now between cities like LA and DC. Can we seriously not fill a DL 737 once a day between those cities?

Buy, shrink, stagnate, repeat. Great for DL's bottom line (at least temporarily). Bad for DL's pilots.

So... Is the new airline going to be called American?

And does that mean we get stapled? :D

"American" is a fantastic brand. Delta has been better managed, but it is difficult to see a brand like "American" going away.

In the end American is not going anywhere. Delta will do what they can to raise the cost of AMR getting out of chapter 11 as AMR has done to Delta in many transactions. Delta will not get any real part of AMR. They will emerge from bankruptcy like everyone else. If they merge with USAIR I suspect they will control the transaction not Parker.

How does this translate into DAL pilots getting screwed? Some of you people really need to take a look into reality, and try to realize that it is not all about you.

I am guessing that if you were an American pilot, your post would look something like this: Damn APA. The DAL pilots are still getting $1 more/hour than we are. Just because our stupid management can't find their way out of Cowboys stadium, doesn't mean that they cannot afford to pay us more than those clowns over in ATL. Besides, their retirement isn't tied to the company anymore, so we need more compensation to account for the potential mismanagement by Horton.

GMAFB

Do some of you ever think about what you are writing?

We don't know yet, but you can bet you'll read about it here first.

APC: An Irish bar full of sober Irishmen.

I'm gonna start quoting all those oversized pics on every page until the mods do something about it. C'mon guys.. resize those damned things if you want people to look at them.

Those kind of posts are just plain retarded. No matter what American gets, it won't take one red cent out of my pocket. Not one. As a matter of fact, anybody that knows ANYTHING (which the poster obviously does not) about pattern bargaining, he would realize that it would benefit us rather than harm us.

Their other option is American Airways.