I'll definitely agree with the second part, but give some friendly advice on the first part - don't sorry so much about intra-day or even daily stock fluctuations - it'll drive you crazy and doesn't mean a thing in the larger scheme because it's just Wall Street noise. Plus, it makes you sound a little like mags - looking for any little thing to justify slamming a particular airline.
Just look at LCC, for example - after going from over 60 (over 50 before and after the DL attempt) to less than 10, it often doesn't fluctuate as much as some of the others on a daily basis. Do the smaller daily fluctuations relative to it's legacy peers really indicate strength? Or is the real story the 80%+ drop over time? And do either tell you LCC's fate in 5 years?
Jim
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BB,
I'll agree with you on 95% of your post.(meaning Wall st Info.)
Where I digress, is my perceived "diabolical" hatred for DL !
A check of my posts, from some years past, would have found me "all over WN", at what was going on in the Industry, at that point in time.
I had MANY a "back and forth" with my good pal KCFlyer over WN, at the time !
My "bone of contention" with DL is, that I feel that they are "somewhat" a "house of cards" as it pertains to financial stability, when compared to NW.
I suppose that the ONLY way any of us will know if my opinion is correct, is "TIME" !
As the OIL vise squeezes the life ($$$) out of all 6 legacies, some will succumb before others. (assuming that no successful M+A's develope)
Again I state, that I DO NOT want to see ANY hard working Airline person lose his/her job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, as you know well, the reality of this Industry, is BRUTAL and UNFORGIVING, when times get TOUGH.
Additionally, (as you know so well), as (6) carriers get squeezed HARD, and(say) 2 drop First, that "may" be enough of the "law of the Jungle", for the remaining(say) 4, to "stay afloat"
(Kind of like an Overloaded Life Raft)
They used to be objective and informative. But your obvious hatred for Delta is apparent in your posts over the last few months. I'm sure you will reply with some snappy come back, but it is what it is. While I do not fly for DL or NW and don't really have a vested interest in a potential DL-NW merger, I can't help but wonder what happend that made you so anti-Delta. I think any merger that will reduce capacity and possibly drive up airfares is a good thing. And while I'm at it, I think a reduction in regional jets would be a good thing as well!
