Bear96:
The "AA carve out" to the last merger attempt was UA selling its gates in LGA & BOS to AA, AA buying the US B757s, F-110s, & MD-80s from UA post merger, and the joint shuttle plan.
If you remember, I first announced this 16 days before it became public.
In regard to the UCT, if you remember I said in March 2002 the revenue umbrella would be the US-UA domestic and the Star alliance.
Finally, who first broke the 60 aircraft news on this website last night.
Can you now say DCT...or will it be UCT...or the ICT.
Regardless, Siegel told management today at the Crystal City meeting that he strongly believes that like the steel industry, the industry will go from 6 or 7 big competitors to 3 or 4 and the question is whether we want to be one of the 3 or 4.
Hummm, I was just wondering, how can that be? Furthermore, with US and UA continuing their incremental consolidation a deal will never proceed, right....
Regards,
Chip
P.S. By the way, he who laughs last, laughs best! 😀