Excluding special items (furniture-burning (gains on LGA slot giveaway) and other non-recurring items), US showed a net income of $192 million in the third quarter, not too shabby. Press release:
Translation: I'm Doug Parker and I have an ego the size of Mt McKinley. I can't survive without a merger with AA, I need to be the HMFIC of the worlds largest airline. Screw the customers and employees Don't you know who I am?