AirTrucker

This forum has helped me with plenty of career decisions and has filled me up with a ton of info! I do some investing and I was wondering with the merger coming, who would be the best stock to buy before the merger? Would it be worth it? Think this will make things better or worse for the QOL of the workers? When I look in to companies to invest in I think the QOL is important because it can mean a big difference in quality and productivity. Example I pay my sub-contractors industry standard but I have one heck of a bonus system in place to encourage quality and productivity and so far it has paid off with happier contractors, it may create less profit but who cares, it will eventually make up for itself. Thanks for all the info!!

Roll Inverted and Pull

Please...I beg you....do not buy any airline stock. Airlines are a fun place to work, but the last place that you should think about when you consider investing. Go to Vegas and shoot craps. The odds are considerably better.

rickair7777

I have NEVER invested in my employer, and rarely in my industry (except short-term employer stock options, executed immediately). I have worked in energy, construction, and airlines all of which are potentially volatile with little or no advance notice.

Airlines are the worst...in addition to the usual economic issues, any significant act of terror, overseas conflict, or even a crash can have an out-of-proportion negative impact due the public's natural latent fear of flying. I think you'd have to be nuts to invest any airline long-term...history shows you will eventually lose it all in BK court anyway.

if you worked in another industry, it might smart to leverage your industry knowledge to make more-informed investing decisions...I actually do that for defense since I have a military background and can sometimes spot an opportunity (or a trainwreck). The closest I come to airlines is Boeing, and that's more for the defense side of their house anyway.

AirTrucker

Thanks for the advise, I was not too series about the idea. I just wanted to get an opinion and see hpw crazy I was for even thinking of the idea lol!!. Rickair you are right about airlines being a short-term investment. I have a good grasp of the airline industry but never have worked in it, but my greatest knowledge is in the movement of freight! What I was trying to see is if the merger might be a short-term moneymaker depending on who’s stock I purchased before it became official.