Name one merger where DOH has played any legitimate part. *sigh* I guess that fact won't keep some of you from dreaming it can become reality nonetheless. I don't care if they haven't hired since 1950, and neither will an arbiter. It doesn't matter. Besides, they wouldn't be the acquiring carrier, and SWAPA/SWA showed how to take care of that. Door number 1... good deal. Door number 2... not so much.

Yep, devil is in the details which are not known yet.

If you were a CEO of an airline, would you tie yourself up financially or with regulatory ATI issues with an airline of smaller scope until you knew the end state of the AMR CH11 situation?

Well if all the bluster on this forum is any real indication of the sentiment over there, if I were a CEO I would pick up the pieces for cheap at the fire sale. I know that's cold and callous, but that is what the AA guys on here seem to be saying.. unless I am misinterpreting their words.

You wouldn't. It's either LCC and AMR or AMR standalone. Not very exciting, but that's the reality. We might pick up a few slots when it's all said and done, or possibly do a terminal swap in JFK, but that's about it. The Haneda issue is still the most pressing thing down the road.

amr

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I don't think one can point to anything specific but it sure "feels" like things are beginning to pick up speed. Maybe the catalyst will be when and what the judge rules in regards to the pilot contract....... What happens if and when the judge rules against APA? (I don't see how it will not happen.) Does that also toss out the fragmentation part of their contract? Not trying to be a vulture, would just like to know????

Denny

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All I know is that these sure are interesting days. I think its a great time to be an A330 captain! :D

In the end that may be what you see. It may be small pieces, nothing at all, or a whole heck of a lot. Good thing we have a standing merger committee that plans for all possibilities.