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08-14-2013 | 07:45 AM
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08-14-2013 | 07:51 AM
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Now if we acquired Alaska Air Lines and Alaska Air Group wanted to outsource to SkyWest their flying as Alaska Air Group it is assumed that would be AS code. If Skywest tried to fill Alaska's shoes, I think it would still be a "Category B" operation limited to 70 seats, 85,000 pounds or a Dash 8 like Horizon has(d).
How about this as a workaround: What if DAL were to keep AK as a separate entity (a la AirTran at SWA) and use that as a wedge? Is that possible or practical? I think that is what you are saying above as having the protection of OUR scope, but I am not so sure... I dunno.. too much coffee this morning.
08-14-2013 | 07:59 AM
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Bottom line: Non permitted aircraft should equal merger if acquired.
I don't think we would bother acquiring Alaska's 737's without also acquiring their brand. It would be senseless to buy the airline just to have it spring back up again with lower costs as Skywest dba Alaska.
08-14-2013 | 08:09 AM
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So...in DALPA's rush to get a quick agreement during a period of record profits, did RA make DALPA "pay thru the nose," or did we make them "pay thru the nose"?
Hint: we still have no retirement and we working for less than we did 12 years ago---even more when you consider how inflation has eroded our buying power, not to mention we're working much more with fewer pilots.
08-14-2013 | 08:13 AM
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You have a high degree of confidence in RA's business acumen. I don't dispute that.
So...in DALPA's rush to get a quick agreement during a period of record profits, did RA make DALPA "pay thru the nose," or did we make them "pay thru the nose"?
Hint: we still have no retirement and we working for less than we did 12 years ago---even more when you consider how inflation has eroded our buying power, not to mention we're working much more with fewer pilots.
So...in DALPA's rush to get a quick agreement during a period of record profits, did RA make DALPA "pay thru the nose," or did we make them "pay thru the nose"?
Hint: we still have no retirement and we working for less than we did 12 years ago---even more when you consider how inflation has eroded our buying power, not to mention we're working much more with fewer pilots.
buh bye.
08-14-2013 | 08:19 AM
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UPS A300 crash at BHM:
2 pilots killed in UPS jumbo cargo plane crash near Alabama airport | Fox News
2 pilots killed in UPS jumbo cargo plane crash near Alabama airport | Fox News
08-14-2013 | 08:29 AM
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Anybody know how we can get Carl Icahn to tweet that he just bought 10,000,000 shares of DAL? (Not that I WANT him to buy it, but wow... talk about power.)
08-14-2013 | 08:34 AM
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Probably several of us know how, but those who know how also have some idea of what kind of trouble we could be in.
08-14-2013 | 08:36 AM
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08-14-2013 | 08:45 AM
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