Doug Parker's statements on the subject of AA are becoming increasingly schizophrenic.
Just a couple of weeks ago he said that US was willing to let the bankruptcy process progress and now he's crying that the merger needs to occur NOW:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/us-airways-ceo-doug-parker-says-his-airline-wont-wait-forever-for-american-airlines-merger/2012/07/18/gJQA7inxtW_story.htmlThe CEO of US Airways predicted that American Airline’s creditors will support his plan for a merger, but said he may not still be interested after American comes out of bankruptcy protection.
Just a couple of weeks ago he said that US was willing to let the bankruptcy process progress and now he's crying that the merger needs to occur NOW:
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/07/parker-only-ones-opposed-to-us-airways-american-airlines-merger-seem-to-be-aa-senior-management.html/US Airways is here now and ready to do this now. There is no guarantee that will be the case forever. American got itself into this situation in part because they were singularly focused on fixing their internal problems and assumed the outside world would stand still while they did it. That wasn’t the case and very well may not be the case in the future. So we believe the time for action is now,” Parker said.