us,dal,&nw joining forces

etops1

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this is just my specualtion and my opinion only. i truly beleive that if usairways is succesfull in aquiring delta . doug parker will pursue northwest airlines. in doing this he has eruope ,south america, the carribean, and asia. truly becoming the largest airline. would the doj nix it? who knows but there is no overlap with it. you might say then why not just go after nw?. well in going after delta you eliminate a competitor and you have acces to the european market and wide body a/c you could not achieve on your own. now, by getting dal you have accsess to that and then going after nw you get the asia routes. i think the 2 dougies have already been talking. remember parker use to work for nw . i swear i would not put it past them. this is just my opinion and my speculation. i could be totally wrong. beleive me stranger things have happened.
now reply and please be nice boys and girls.
p:s. remember parker wants this dal deal to be done quickly while they are still in chapt 11 . nw has not set a date yet to emerge from chapt 11 so while parker gets dal. nw is still in bk and he jumps at them.also nw ommited their disclosure statement from there por. trust me, i am not smoking anything. this is what happens when you sit in phl on rsv . your mind mind starts wandwering lol. :D


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mod, please remove on of these from the board. i made a mistake in posting. my apologies
 
well.... Ive speculated that Parker might hope or expect that after a LCC/DAL combo that parts of NWA may become availble, especially if a NW/Co combo does not happen, because a UA/CO combo does. That's why I've considered Parker's move as a chess move, as well as a sincere desire to own Delta.
 


You must have missed NW 1/14/07 prelim. reorg.plan: est. exit. No later than June.07.

Forget about NWA...ain't gonna happen. US had better be covering their a$$. Next year will be the year when EVERYTHING changes.

PROJECTED 2007 AIRLINE EARNINGS For top 10 airlines

Estimated

2006 $1.4-$1.7 billion



2007 $5.9 billion

BREAKDOWN AIRLINE PROFIT MARGIN

$1.2 billion Northwest 9.3%

$718 million Southwest 7.3

$1.3 billion American 5.7

$593 million US Airways 5.0

$172 million Alaska 4.9

$604 million Continental 4.6

$101 million JetBlue 3.6

$584 million Delta 3.2

$605 million* United 3.1

$66 million AirTran 3.1



Avg. oil price

Per barrel

2006 $66.25

2007 Hypothetical $55



*Consensus estimates

Sources: AirlineForecasts, Bloomberg

Chicago Tribune
 
No, I read it. I work at NW, so I have a vested interest in what happens.

Perhaps you misunderstood my response: Pass= I'm not interested in joining with DL.

After what we have gone through over the last 16 years...I am with you. Get rid of our "talent" and leave us be...PLEASE.
 
Speculation's a fun game to play
If you want to wile away your day
Employees will never get a say
So who gives a #### anyway?

Northwest, Delta, USAir
Continental and United will get their share
Don't forget the Eagle too
Employees still don't have a clue

Why not try for a combo six?
You know the CEO's are up to tricks
The ones who know a just a few
#### I've got better things to do!

Look for USNoCoDelUnAm Air to fly
It could happen bye and bye
Might as well ponder and think
For me its time for another drink!
 
<_< ---- First people! There is a limit to what the FED. will tolerate with Airline mergers! And what do you think aa will be doing while all this is happening? Setting on their hands? I think not! Last I heard, they had $5+ billion in Cash they're sitting on! :shock:
 
Speculation's a fun game to play
If you want to wile away your day
Employees will never get a say
So who gives a #### anyway?

Northwest, Delta, USAir
Continental and United will get their share
Don't forget the Eagle too
Employees still don't have a clue

Why not try for a combo six?
You know the CEO's are up to tricks
The ones who know a just a few
#### I've got better things to do!

Look for USNoCoDelUnAm Air to fly
It could happen bye and bye
Might as well ponder and think
For me its time for another drink!

Hey Black Dog..It's USAirways!! Have Another Mai Tai!! See You Soon!! :up: :up:
 
Hey Black Dog..It's USAirways!! Have Another Mai Tai!! See You Soon!! :up: :up:

Sorry to burst your bubble Philly boy, but to the whole world it'll always be USAir. Only you'ens call it USAirways! Besides Airways doesn't rhyme with anything! LOL!
 
Sorry to burst your bubble Philly boy, but to the whole world it'll always be USAir. Only you'ens call it USAirways! Besides Airways doesn't rhyme with anything! LOL!

Play Nice!! Remember, I Know Were You Live!! :blink: :blink: :blink:
 
Sorry to burst your bubble Philly boy, but to the whole world it'll always be USAir. Only you'ens call it USAirways! Besides Airways doesn't rhyme with anything! LOL!
What about stairways? By the way, what do you have against US? Ive watched this board to know what most employees think of their management team and what they did to the REAL mechanics, remember PTO and his moronic ideas? Why would US want to merge with NW? Ask Jenny, she knows how I have felt about NW and the way they've tried to break the unions. Its been a while since Ive been on this board but as much as I like MOST of the employees, some including the manamgent team would have to go! Mama
 
What about stairways? By the way, what do you have against US? Ive watched this board to know what most employees think of their management team and what they did to the REAL mechanics, remember PTO and his moronic ideas? Why would US want to merge with NW? Ask Jenny, she knows how I have felt about NW and the way they've tried to break the unions. Its been a while since Ive been on this board but as much as I like MOST of the employees, some including the manamgent team would have to go! Mama


They most likely will any way after BK.

NW will continue to fly independently. We have sacrificed too much to get involved in any kind of merger. It will be a rough road without the employees on board. BK or not, NWA has a powerful poison pill in it's governances that keeps it independent unless it wants to combine with another airline. KLM learned that. We've already been down that road.
 

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