Merger Mania Thread

[Kittyhawk]

Try this angle. AA places major order for Boeing and AIRBUS. A320 series aircraft. Would this fuel any speculation for this was done by design for fleet compatibility down the road?

 

[john john]

Try this angle. AA places major order for Boeing and AIRBUS. A320 series aircraft. Would this fuel any speculation for this was done by design for fleet compatibility down the road?

+ I wonder if American Airlines "spinning off" American Eagle has any thing to due to them merging

 

[FA Mikey]

Try this angle. AA places major order for Boeing and AIRBUS. A320 series aircraft. Would this fuel any speculation for this was done by design for fleet compatibility down the road?

Now AA and Jetblue will have a common hub and common planes. Jetblue is also ordering the 320neo

 

[signals]

Try this angle. AA places major order for Boeing and AIRBUS. A320 series aircraft. Would this fuel any speculation for this was done by design for fleet compatibility down the road?

Now we're talking a three way union! ALPA, USAPA, APA

Let the merger begin!

 

[Toothy Grin]

Now AA and Jetblue will have a common hub and common planes. Jetblue is also ordering the 320neo

yup. Just imagine what AA will do to those non union blue bellies.

 

[Glucose Intolerant]

yup. Just imagine what AA will do to those non union blue bellies.

Nothing that the union "white bellies" haven't tried to do already......with the same result.

 

[ContUNITEus]

Nothing that the union "white bellies" haven't tried to do already......with the same result.

which ones are the union white bellies?

 

[Glucose Intolerant]

Think about it......

 

[BoeingBoy]

yup. Just imagine what AA will do to those non union blue bellies.

I haven't read it in awhile, but I think the law governing merging employee groups covers non-union in a union/non-union merger...

Jim

 

[WorldTraveler]

I haven't read it in awhile, but I think the law governing merging employee groups covers non-union in a union/non-union merger...

Jim

sure does.. which DL pointed out to its employees during the representation elections.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Things just got a bit more interesting. This just in:


American Airlines Hopes for a B.A. Merger
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

Could another big airline merger take off? The president of American Airlines‘ parent company hopes so.

Thomas W. Horton, president of the AMR Corporation, told The Times of London that he hoped to see a merger of his company with the International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways and Iberia.

Entire Article

 

[Alfa1900CSS]

Things just got a bit more interesting. This just in:


American Airlines Hopes for a B.A. Merger
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

Could another big airline merger take off? The president of American Airlines‘ parent company hopes so.

Thomas W. Horton, president of the AMR Corporation, told The Times of London that he hoped to see a merger of his company with the International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways and Iberia.

Entire Article

Thanks for the post. If it were to go through it could open up more potential merger partners for US, interesting....

 

[BoeingBoy]

Don't forget...AA, DL, UA, CO were all potential merger partners for US...

Jim

 

[usa1]

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/american-ba-and-qantas-said-to-eye-joint-offer-for-jal/

 

[usa1]

What happened with that? I lost track.