It doesn't go thru if there are job losses.....count on that.

That is one of the many things that is a requirement for it to get past the government.

 

Why would CO destroy the one thing that has made them a success in last decade by merging with such a negative employee base. Would it not be better to purchase certain routes and aircraft from UAL and leave the mess behind.

 

Yeah, I remember the AA/TWA merger/buyout. No losses????? Ask all the people who are STILL furloughed/unemployed.

 

I am one of those guys who is as positive as they get, but their WILL be job cuts and losses when a merger occurs. Too many overlapping routes/excess planes, reservation centers etc. It won't be pretty except for the windfalls coming managements way.

 

Most jobs likely to survive a Delta-NWA deal - Star Tribune
By LIZ FEDOR
February 6, 2008

If Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines merge, the vast majority of their employees would be expected to keep their jobs while the executive ranks of the combined company would be thinned.

Delta's leaders envision a merger as a way to build their route network, so
they are not contemplating wholesale job cuts, people familiar with Delta's thinking said Tuesday.

 

They have to promote this merger as not losing jobs or it will stall faster than our current economic recovery plan. However, the current administration may assist the process knowing that the windfall of unemployment will land after the elections and more than likely in the lap of the Democratic Party.

Trimming excess capacity has been mentioned in every article printed to date. I wonder how the executives and shareholders that stay the course will react when SWA moves in on the New Delta consolidation/contraction plan. Atleast the executives will have golden parachutes.

 

you guys are acting as if when this merger takes place that it is going to happen overnight. If and when it does happen it will take at least 5-7 years for the dust to finally settle. Remember not only do they have a tons of employees between both groups they also have other contracts with vendors that they must take of, government loop holes that they will have to jump through and last but not least branding this new company that they plan on developing. This kind of things take years to pan out and they aren't going to slash jobs immediately. After approval they will still be watch under a careful eye by the government to make sure the operate under the promises that they made to the regulators. They will probably operate as two seperate companies under one ticker so at least the stock price will grow. The only reason that this merger seems to be going so quick is because they want to get this done while we are under the Bush Admin. Now I am not saying that there will be no job loss because there will be because of numerous overlap. But it will not happen fast. You as a pilot will still have time to react and make adjustments. And of you are hard headed in this whole process you will lose.

 

Exactly. Like Goodman wrote, there is a TON of wiggle room. Just pick the excuse (oil, economy, health crisis) and the job cuts planned in advance will be executed without recourse, or remorse.

Besides, NWA's business is not trending in the right directions. Has anyone considered that this merger could be VERY BAD for Delta's future?

 

Why would Obama, or even Hillary, stop a merger that was good for employees and good for US business interests?

The "rush" to do a deal is a HUGE RED FLAG that this isn't a good deal. NWA is not going to get more expensive. When the rumor merger died last week the stock started to tank. Every time DAL stock has swung to the upside large blocks of stock have been sold by "one investor" according to my published analyst.

 

"If the government lets them merge"

The airline industry is a free market enterprise and no longer regulated. I believe one company can buy another without any sort of government intereference. I don't believe the government has any decision in the matter, other than maybe some political influence.