Delta Looking at US Airways

[Pi brat]

Didn't see this coming.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204573704577187373128520982.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs

 

[Piedmont1984]

Didn't see this coming.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204573704577187373128520982.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs

Keep USAirways my USAirways :blink:

 

[Metroyet]

Hello ALPA!!!!

 

[traderjake]

If it's anything I would call it a bluff to see if Delta can force American to merge up with USAirways.

 

[Dog Wonder]

Does DL have their beer goggles on?

 

[WorldTraveler]

If it's anything I would call it a bluff to see if Delta can force American to merge up with USAirways.

it's just a move to put US on the defensive so they don't have time to think about AA - and might have the collateral benefit of helping LCC's BOD recognize that US is undervalued due to its current management team and strategy and that if US had new mgmt that was more interested in acting like a real airline (paying its people decent wages), the stock value would go up.
A DL-US deal has far less chance of winning DOJ approval than a DL-AA merger would.

 

[wings396]

Nothing more than a ploy to muddy the waters should US & AA get serious. WT, and everyone else knows the last thing that DL wants is a stronger competitor in the southeast with a larger CLT hub. Or maybe they will buy US and AA so they can takeover the entire industry someday. I've said it before, and I will say it again..."I don't care who I work for, as long as I get a paycheck"...

 

[N965VJ]

Time to dig out those old badges and luggage tags 😱

 

[Kev3188]

^Awesome^

 

[UPNAWAY]

I'd rather be Delta than American....

 

[traderjake]

How long before some USASPA supporter asks a DL crew where he can get his DOH 747 manual?

 

[ContUNITEus]

it's just a move to put US on the defensive so they don't have time to think about AA - and might have the collateral benefit of helping LCC's BOD recognize that US is undervalued due to its current management team and strategy and that if US had new mgmt that was more interested in acting like a real airline (paying its people decent wages), the stock value would go up.
A DL-US deal has far less chance of winning DOJ approval than a DL-AA merger would.

Wow, it seems that you really are the smartest person on the internet. Congrats to you. :blink:

But you should have made a deeply analytical five page essay, as you usually do, in supporting the above opinion.

 

[traderjake]

Nothing more than a ploy to muddy the waters should US & AA get serious.

Most plausible decription so far.

 

[Maark767]

I'd rather be Delta than American....

I agree.... DL and US can play that game. Leave AA to do it's own thing. Lower costs, buy 500 jets and grow ....... NEW HIRES NEW HIRES!!

 

[Jester]

Not happening.. for much of the same regulatory issues when the Tempe boys approached Delta a few years ago. The combined airline would control upwards of 90% of the flights into some smaller cities, especially in the Southeast, which is bound to get anti-trust people's attention. Besides what would US bring to Delta as the near certain divesting of slots in key cities like DCA and LGA? What good would CLT be with ATL a short hop away? Same goes for PHL and JFK/LGA. Just too much overlap in too many key markets. So this is all about controlling PHX? Really?

This is just an attempt to keep the Company to guard its flank and divert attention while pushing hard for the real rewAArd.

So Views Jester.