Kirby pitches UA merger with AA (link)
04-15-2026 | 05:17 AM
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Here’s how this could work. AA is going to have terrible numbers with Jet A priced where it is. A strategic chapter 11 filing, followed by the merger. If corporate wants this to happen, they can massage the numbers. Your 767s and 757s go away, replaced by our 787s and XLRs. Our 777s go away. Some of our old America West/USAir 320s and and legacy AA 737-800a go away. The newer ones probably get kept. Our Max 8s join your 737 fleet. Network efficiencies will allow for a smaller combined fleet than both airlines currently operate, particularly on the narrow body side.
Are people on your side of the house taking this talk seriously?
Are people on your side of the house taking this talk seriously?
04-15-2026 | 05:21 AM
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What pilot at UA would even want to get in bed with all the warts on AA? I liken this to people who have a outstanding life and think to themselves..."I need more, more, more" so they add a girlfriend on the side. Can you spell Tiger Woods?
04-15-2026 | 07:50 AM
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And after the synergizing.....and subsequent smaller combined fleet...is the merged AA gonna eat the furloughs? How u gonna do the merger integration... DOH......stovepipe....or staple AA to bottom since they are not ALPA and are in ch11?
What pilot at UA would even want to get in bed with all the warts on AA? I liken this to people who have a outstanding life and think to themselves..."I need more, more, more" so they add a girlfriend on the side. Can you spell Tiger Woods?
What pilot at UA would even want to get in bed with all the warts on AA? I liken this to people who have a outstanding life and think to themselves..."I need more, more, more" so they add a girlfriend on the side. Can you spell Tiger Woods?
04-15-2026 | 08:01 AM
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Relax. Nobody here has any control over the decisions you cite. Federal law (McCaskill-Bond) would govern the SLI process in a AA/UA merger, and who we wish to bed won’t matter to ivory tower dwellers. We don’t need to look down our noses at fellow pilots. I’m not sure how long you’ve been at United, but there was a time when we were hardly the envy of the industry. Circling the drain, we were.
04-15-2026 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by MELedMel;[url=tel:4023430
4023430[/url]]That would be mostly my eyes
But that’s all of North America
Ever since stewardess became “flight attendants” it’s been a downward toilet spiral
stewardess
flight attendant
I just put my earbuds in noise canceling mode, put my shades on and go to sleep right when I get seated.
But that’s all of North America
Ever since stewardess became “flight attendants” it’s been a downward toilet spiral
stewardess
flight attendant
I just put my earbuds in noise canceling mode, put my shades on and go to sleep right when I get seated.
Originally Posted by Turbosina;[url=tel:4023506
4023506[/url]]Yeah, I'm sure you're a fit, toned example of American manhood. GMAFB
Not sure what “toned” means, but fit, height weight proportions check and I don’t have a bunch of fat on my body, I don’t do the gym but spend a boat load of time outdoors and working on projects, also don’t eat crap food, just as any self respecting man
04-15-2026 | 08:22 AM
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And after the synergizing.....and subsequent smaller combined fleet...is the merged AA gonna eat the furloughs? How u gonna do the merger integration... DOH......stovepipe....or staple AA to bottom since they are not ALPA and are in ch11?
What pilot at UA would even want to get in bed with all the warts on AA? I liken this to people who have a outstanding life and think to themselves..."I need more, more, more" so they add a girlfriend on the side. Can you spell Tiger Woods?
What pilot at UA would even want to get in bed with all the warts on AA? I liken this to people who have a outstanding life and think to themselves..."I need more, more, more" so they add a girlfriend on the side. Can you spell Tiger Woods?
04-15-2026 | 08:24 AM
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04-15-2026 | 11:31 AM
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I don’t even like fat on my steak lol
Not sure what “toned” means, but fit, height weight proportions check and I don’t have a bunch of fat on my body, I don’t do the gym but spend a boat load of time outdoors and working on projects, also don’t eat crap food, just as any self respecting man
Not sure what “toned” means, but fit, height weight proportions check and I don’t have a bunch of fat on my body, I don’t do the gym but spend a boat load of time outdoors and working on projects, also don’t eat crap food, just as any self respecting man
04-15-2026 | 11:37 AM
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Agree its only downside from a pilot perspective considering the profit sharing hit as well as the seniority integration, even with a fence, especially for anyone hired after 2020. Fortunately in 5 years I'll be gone and I won't have to deal with it, but anyone with less than 6 years longevity (9,000 pilots) would have a rude awakening.
04-15-2026 | 12:00 PM
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Agree its only downside from a pilot perspective considering the profit sharing hit as well as the seniority integration, even with a fence, especially for anyone hired after 2020. Fortunately in 5 years I'll be gone and I won't have to deal with it, but anyone with less than 6 years longevity (9,000 pilots) would have a rude awakening.
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