Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 3149642)

Nothing free on ANY bird, some people just prefer to order ala carte. ;)

Originally Posted by Poppachubby (Post 3149487)

"Freebird"!

Originally Posted by Myfingershurt (Post 3149397)

Is funny that you think that the end result would be frontier + spirit = the sum of their parts. You would not end up with that. You would end up with prob 3/4 of that. Everywhere there is overlay there would be trimming. Pilots would be furloughed. Routes would be lost. The End result would be a bigger airline but not anywhere near as big as the sum of the two separate airlines. Mergers are meant to increase profits not employees.

Originally Posted by Chimpy (Post 3150162)

it's been a while, how many guys were furloughed with NWA & DAL?, and SWA & Airtran? and UAL & CAL?

Originally Posted by Hedley (Post 3150186)

Don’t know about the others, but the UAL/CAL merger happened while thousands were already furloughed. The same could happen again. Both companies shrink to meet demand, furlough, then merge. Good times.

Originally Posted by Margaritaville (Post 3150196)

That's the way of the industry. Lots of pilots are saying no mergers will happen, because nobody has any money, but the biggest mergers have happened in downturns. When everything goes south, the rich don't panic, they buy. I predict we are about to see another big round of consolidation in the industry, particularly in the LCC/ULCC sector.

Originally Posted by Margaritaville (Post 3150196)

That's the way of the industry. Lots of pilots are saying no mergers will happen, because nobody has any money, but the biggest mergers have happened in downturns. When everything goes south, the rich don't panic, they buy. I predict we are about to see another big round of consolidation in the industry, particularly in the LCC/ULCC sector.

Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 3149484)

Call sign..?

Originally Posted by FNGFO (Post 3150199)

I think that’s a foregone conclusion. Just a matter of when imoho, and once one dance partner is picked I think others will step out and look for partners of their own.