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11-14-2008 | 03:41 PM

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mike734

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I don't want to go through a seniority merger with Delta. Seattle is a desirable place to live. There are plenty of Delta guys who would like to get back here. Ugh.

11-14-2008 | 03:48 PM

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H46Bubba

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11-14-2008 | 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mike734

I don't want to go through a seniority merger with Delta. Seattle is a desirable place to live. There are plenty of Delta guys who would like to get back here. Ugh.

I would think you would want to join a company that takes care of its employees and now controls most of the high revenue routes in the world.

Besides, we really don't want to go through another seniority merger either. If it happens, so be it. It does make a lot of sense, however. Adding the north-south to the east-west.

11-14-2008 | 04:47 PM

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I think the most interesting aspect would be the effect on the regionals Horizon and SkyWest. Sure would be an interesting battle on the West Coast.

11-14-2008 | 05:04 PM

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Since Delta's emergence from Ch.11, they have said several times that they want to become the #1 carrier in LAX and the West Coat. Alaska gives them that. No overlap and a excellent route structure on the west coast to feed Delta's international expansion.

11-14-2008 | 05:41 PM

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hence the code share...

11-14-2008 | 07:01 PM

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Code Share is just another way of outsourcing our jobs.

11-14-2008 | 08:32 PM

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I would think you would want to join a company that takes care of its employees and now controls most of the high revenue routes in the world.

So stealing the pension of hard-working employees who put in 30 plus years of service is taking care of employees? That's exactly what Delta did under bankruptcy rules as recently as two years ago.

I'm sure it can be said Alaska doesn't take care of its employees either, especially after the imposed pay cuts their pilots suffered two years ago, but don't say that Delta takes care of its employees because they don't; they are no better or worse at that than any of their competitors.