All I have to say is, Duh!

Stock got the jump they needed to use it as collateral. The way the leak and the earnings above forecast both were timed tells me we are right where we need to be to go shopping. When the leak came out a few weeks before the earnings, I suspected our earnings were going to beat the street, as they did.

Game on..... Might be a interesting ride for us.

Just remember our cooperation should be worth a lot of money for our pilots.

He really was. Let the speculation begin!

What you and FtB fail to realize is that the states in question are the swing states for November. Jobs are going to be key in this election. RA sits on the Reserve Board, knows what buttons to push and how to push em.

What you also fail to see is that LUV, LCC and DAL can work in concert on the AMR deal and everyone is seen as a winner, well at least though November.

Airlines play a large, but generally silent part in politics. I do not see that happening this time around. Not with AMR in 1113C. Different game and different times.

Interesting isn't always good, certainly not for the pilot group...another Duh! moment, I know.

The pilots said ES stated the "NEW" numbers were 750 newhires because of the rule changes, and he supposedly stated this at the last big linecheck meeting. (the DFW rumors supposedly came out of the "Lead" linecheck meeting that was even more recent.) I'm just passing along rumors from linecheckers, and if you want to deconstruct every rumor out there with your expert knowledge, have at it. Take it for what it is and what it was originally labelled as, a linecheck rumor.

I guess in a way it does matter, but he/she did have a penchant for radio transmissions. bwaaa haaaa haaaaa

Well I know many of the reps are going to demand it be good for us if we are going to give support. Lets just hope that it stays that way. Yes, that means it will probably come on the backs of other pilots and employees, but the same was true in the TWA buyout that AMR did when they were failing.

Also, as I have said before, AMR is a once in a lifetime change to change the global map of airline alliances, and the domestic feed structure. It really is too big for someone like RA to pass up. I am sure we have a max price for each asset we will pay, and if it goes beyond that we jump.

That said, I am sure RA has told UAL, LUV and LCC that unless they want to pay too much for what they will get, they all have to work together and play nice. We all go after what we agree to and keep the prices rational. I am sure that TPG is in the game to. The trick will to keep everyone honest.

RA has a plan B if they do not want to play this straight.

Again, we have to see growth out of this for the DAL pilots, not more stagnation. If this is done wrong, there is a possibility of that, and that is not something we want, not even for a 30% pay bump. It will make the pain less, but progression is the best key for success.


On another note many of the 320's that they are talking about have about five more years on them.

DFW is a geographic win for DAL. If they choose to go after all or part of it, it would bode well for larger lift to feed the domestic network. Read, less RJ's.

when she got off the phone it did go away.

it was a hot mic. :D

wait, are we going to talk about rumors concerning where Delta might go or where Tsquares Peyton Manning might go? ;)

Football is great tv, but talking about football is riveting.

I love the question though, is there anywhere you'd do organic growth!?

I think we could press ACL for answers that RA wouldn't give.

So, where we going?