Comments on: U.S. airlines abuzz with merger-talk

By: Michael Airline Pilot

Michael Airline Pilot — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:49:37 +0000

Why Merge? As an airline pilot we are the last to understand. Finally one manger type explained the reason. The larrger the airline, the better the quantity discount on fuel cost. Somewhat unrelated the client/consumer of air miles i.e. tickets needs to understand competition is one thing, but they can’t get something for nothing. Well at least the consumer thinks they can. Well at least for this flight so they can go somewhere…. after he gets somewhere then the industry can charge a non-losing money fair to someone else. Mean while as they get their under cost fairs for the sake of competition the airline goes bust, all thoses hundreds of thousands of workers go out on the street, all the goods those workers bought with their paycheck are not bought and those goods workers lose their job as well and it all trickles back down to that guys under cost fair… and that guys… and that other guys and girl….etc. Well we are paid too much anyway… Yeah ok right… My copliot gets food stamps and welfare and section 8 housing becuase he has one child. So the cheap fares due to de-regualtion and under cost product ends up with that consumers cheap ticket costing everyones job and no food on the table and the government subsidising my copilots meager 18,500 a year salary and hots every tax payers pocket. But at least that gy got a cheap ticket today. He just masks from himself the cost in taxes and jobs and food on the table being lost tomorrow. This is not the way to a healthy industry. Not just in the airline industry but the entire industry because we are all interconnected when its time to meet each other down at the grocery store and when we send in our mortgage payment if we even have one. Signed…. Non-distraught G.E.D. educated 8500 hour airline captain…… no inflight front seat manager. Oh and just wait till the computer up front takes a dump when you are on short final to land and you thought it would be safe to have the flight deck completely automated. Don’t need no pilot up there……

By: foXnoMad » Economic Downturn In The US Won’t Be Good For Air Travel

foXnoMad » Economic Downturn In The US Won’t Be Good For Air Travel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:01:48 +0000

[...] turmoil in the US economy, rising fuel prices, and merger-for-survivals will cause airfare hikes and additional charges for now free services. As I predicted at the [...]

By: MC

MC — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:49:12 +0000

Continental- don’t merge with United!
United is the biggest basket case! They are terrible, I love Continental! Service is top notch. IF you do merge I would much rather see Continental’s name and logo on the planes.

By: NewsVisual

NewsVisual — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:26:30 +0000

The personal connections between the Directors of UAL Corp and AMR Corp could determine the next airlines to merge after that of Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corporation. The media speculation spins out several different merge combinations. Yet none of these combinations can demonstrate the corporate board-room connections of UAL and AMR, which could mean that the most likely merger is between United Airlines and America Airlines. An IntellectSpace Knowledge Map shows that there exist six sets of personal connections among the leadership from both companies, with five of those sets being among the companies’ current board members, which makes them especially significant.