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This is messed up if it's true that the DOJ just accepted this sublease without getting any other airline opinions on the matter. Southwest controls 90% of DAL gates and 81% of MDW gates with the blessing of the DOJ. Yet CO/UA can't get more than 73% of EWR gates and must divest. And AA/US gave...

MEM seemed to hang on for a long time. Sorry for those affected by this. Now let's see if Frontier will return and add lots of flights. I wonder if MEM ever made money for Northwest airlines. Does anyone know which cities will be kept or which will be going? Is DEN, LIT, DCA, ORD, CLT going away?

I now understand why Northwest airlines made employees ride with their buddy pass travelers. I just hope that the company forbids any buddy pass traveler in first class under and circumstance. I can see both of these rules forthcoming. I like how they show the guys standing in front of the US...

I guess this shows that DL really is afraid of a US/AA merger and they'll try anything to stop it. If US falls for it then while DL/US are trying to get DOJ, the DOJ will oppose the DL/US hookup and meanwhile AA will slip out of BK on its own. DL could also be trying to get UA/CO interested in...

AA cannot start a hub anywhere in Japan because the bilateral agreement allows 2 Japanese carriers (JL, NH fifth freedom rights and 2 American carriers 5th freedom rights (DL & UA). UA & DL can fly from any American city to Japan and onward from Japan and carry paying passengers on each leg (as...

Does anyone besides me think that it's very strange that AA would file for BK with $4 billion in the bank? That is unheard of in the airline industry. And they were supposed to have spun off Eagle first which didn't happen. Remember that Arpey was CEO & Chairman of the BOD. And yet the BOD...

Does anyone think that it's very strange that AA filed for BK on November 29 at the time they were still in negotiations with the pilots union and also while they had $4,000,000,000 in the bank?They didn't even spin off Eagle yet. Something major, even sinister is going on. When I look back at...

Why do people harp on the fact that "they told us not to sign this contract"? Remember that the IAM wanted to put all of their eggs in a basket called "snap back". They didn't even negotiate with the company for a joint contract during that time because they thought that they'd win and gain all...

What does the ramp contract say about outsourcing? Can they really outsource SNA with 6 mainline flights, BUF 5 mailine, OAK 3 mainline & MSY with 4 mainline flights on average each day? ABQ is all express so that is no surprise and MHT has been losing mainline flights and now has about 1 a...

At DCA USAirways has 15 mainline gates : 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 are on the last pier gates: 23, 24, 25, 26 at the center pier. And US has 12 express gates for planes with 50 seats or less.

I think the airline is in deep financial trouble. They have been laying off a lot of people and coming up with all of these fees and are starting to hit employees. With all of the layoffs people will be bringing 3-5 boxes/luggage with them when they move just to be able to keep a job and stay...

Boeing boy I know what a blind auction is and I know why the DOT wanted it, they wanted SWA to get slots at both airports, DUH. Did CO have one for the 18 SWA slots or did they "handpick a carrier"? CO keeps a 75% marketshare but DL can't have 50%????? US can't have 55% while serving smaller...

He doesn't sound too convincing if you work for SWA like you do. But too much has changed and SWA has proved that if they want slot that they can buy them. And since the DOJ allowed CO to lease slots while forcing US & DL to completely divest them seems way beyond the scope of what a government...

The FL acquisition changes a lot. SWA has 7 slots at LGA, FL has 20 which total 27. UA has 27 slots which was enough for the DOT to annouce a scam of a 5% or less market share. With 27 LGA slots WN is no longer a small player at LGA. WN claimed the slots were "public assets" and that neither DL...

That is very good for USAirways and I am proud of them. But I am very surprised AA with a huge MIA & SJU presence wasn't on that list.