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Probably last year when the profit was about $500 million, but one good (great?) year does not a successful company make...
Jim
And last year's profit was roughly equal to the amount collected in nickel and diming customers with ancillary fees...which indicates that the basic business model is still flawed...
I'm sure he is-because US is IN the *A. If US & AA merge, then he would probably advocate for oneworld because they would be in oneworld (I'm assuming that should a merger happen, AA would stay in their current alliance and not switch to *A). All I was saying, is that if US really wants to merge with AA, then why not try oneworld and avoid the messiness of a merger? If they see a benefit in merging, why wouldn't there be some benefit in closely cooperating with AA?
Some of you guys at AA are so arrogant it's amazing. I didn't want to believe it at first and thought that it was just people hating on AA but God. The post I have read on here by some of you are crazy . <_<Star Alliance won't "closely cooperate" with US, so tell us again why OneWorld would even want US?
US isn't a part of the immunized joint ventures across the Atlantic, meaning that it doesn't get to coordinate schedules or share profits on TATL flights the way UA/CO does with LH and the other partners. If US is so inconsequential to its own alliance that it doesn't get invited to the antitrust immunity activities, what makes anyone think US brings anything that OneWorld would want?
I'm not "at AA."Some of you guys at AA are so arrogant it's amazing. I didn't want to believe it at first and thought that it was just people hating on AA but God. The post I have read on here by some of you are crazy . <_<
I thought we got rid of the 727's a long time ago. Can't count the apu because that is just a turbine powered coffee maker.Well burning 3 engines everywhere you go can't be good for profits. It isn't all management. Plenty of blame to go around.
Star Alliance won't "closely cooperate" with US, so tell us again why OneWorld would even want US?
US isn't a part of the immunized joint ventures across the Atlantic, meaning that it doesn't get to coordinate schedules or share profits on TATL flights the way UA/CO does with LH and the other partners. If US is so inconsequential to its own alliance that it doesn't get invited to the antitrust immunity activities, what makes anyone think US brings anything that OneWorld would want?
At one time, I'm sure US was an asset to Star. The day that CO became a member took a good portion of that away. With the combination of UA/CO, there is little need for what US adds to the overall picture with perhaps the exception of the CLT area traffic.Well, now I'm confused. We have some one here that are saying that DP stresses how important *A is to US. We have others who say that *A doesn't want anything to do with US. Maybe oneworld would want to include US in their JV? We don't know what DP is really thinking, but if he thinks that merging with AA would help US, then maybe trying to get US in oneworld and part of their JV would benefit them? I'm just trying to understand why merging with AA would bring benefits (as some suggest)-but cooperating with AA as a member of oneworld would not see benefits. Wouldn't oneworld benefit from US's strong hubs in PHL,CLT,DCA and even PHX? I'm just asking.
I would argue that US is still an asset to *A. They are still stronger overall in the NE, SE and even a good chunk of flying in the West. CO only goes as far as IAH and has no SE feed. They also don't operate as large of a NE network. US also has a decent network to Europe that feeds flights in *A hub cities (yes, I know CO also does). And, CLT is nothing to sneeze at. To put it another way, why would *A not want US in it? What harm could they pose any more than another *A member who's not part of a JV?At one time, I'm sure US was an asset to Star. The day that CO became a member took a good portion of that away. With the combination of UA/CO, there is little need for what US adds to the overall picture with perhaps the exception of the CLT area traffic.
CO only goes as far as IAH and has no SE feed. They also don't operate as large of a NE network.