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05-16-2022 | 01:47 PM

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Jetblue would never be approved due to combined market share in the NYC MSA so you can rule out that rumor. The last time I heard this rumor, it was started by B6 flight attendants.

And I don't see Alaska as very likely because their management don't want to sell.

agreed on B6. I think AS would also be an issue and probably only be approved if we gave up space in SFO.

05-16-2022 | 02:37 PM

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They’re still fixing all of the screwups from the last merger, so I don’t think a merger is on the horizon. Then again, we are talking about United here.

05-16-2022 | 02:41 PM

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They’re still fixing all of the screwups from the last merger, so I don’t think a merger is on the horizon. Then again, we are talking about United here.

I’m genuinely curious, what screw ups are still being fixed? Sure we have a new contract coming out but what specifically are they fixing merger wise.

05-16-2022 | 02:47 PM

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I’m genuinely curious, what screw ups are still being fixed? Sure we have a new contract coming out but what specifically are they fixing merger wise.

Hotel.

Go.

05-16-2022 | 03:03 PM

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agreed on B6. I think AS would also be an issue and probably only be approved if we gave up space in SFO.

What's Alaska's current SFO presence? I imagine if they divested most/all of Alaska's SFO assets, that would fix the problem.
I'd like to see us build back up SEA; that was another one of smallsack's screwups. Along with abandoning JFK. However, I'm hoping that we can do that without any mergers.

05-16-2022 | 03:07 PM

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Hotel.

Go.

that’s merger specific? I came on just after the merger so I’m ignorant when it comes to that.

05-16-2022 | 03:15 PM

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that’s merger specific? I came on just after the merger so I’m ignorant when it comes to that.

It's BS so you're not missing anything.

05-16-2022 | 03:49 PM

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that’s merger specific? I came on just after the merger so I’m ignorant when it comes to that.

Thanks for your honesty.

In a nutshell, it used to work. Now it doesn’t.

Even the biggest scumbag of a United CEO, Glenn Tilton, knew to leave it alone. Even in the darkest days of the bankruptcy, the hotel desk worked.

Along comes dumdum Jeff Smisek, and he fooked it up.

What you see today is the result: No hotels, hours long waits, and simply closing up shop/not answering the phone and letting pilots fend for themselves.

None of that existed at United prior to the merger.

Would you like to hear more?🤔

05-16-2022 | 03:50 PM

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SEA and JFK can be build back without buying another airline.

Buying another carrier and the associated disruption would set us back 10 years. I really doubt that this is on the agenda. But I may be eating my words on that one.