USAirways Purchases Domain Name for AA Merger

[USFlyer]

I wouldn't read too much into this. In this day and age, companies routinely buy domain names that could be used to disparage them or report false information. I would venture a guess US owns many more domain names than just what is reported here.

 

[Phoenix]

I wouldn't read too much into this. In this day and age, companies routinely buy domain names that could be used to disparage them or report false information. I would venture a guess US owns many more domain names than just what is reported here.

They forgot to secure DougMug.com

 

[N965VJ]

Apparently UA and DL just did the same.

registers Delta and United domains

They just posted a clarification:

[Update: Apparently U.S. Airways claims responsibility. I find this interesting given that some of the domains are specific to American, and some of them don't even if the U.S. Airways brand in them, e.g. AAdvantageofUs.]

On the last part I think the author doesn't get it - AAdvantageofUS. :huh:

 

[MUTATIS MUTANDIS]

They forgot to secure DougMug.com

And this one was already taken! http://www.duidoug.net/

 

[jimntx]

The Omnipresent Cynic in me says they did it and publicized it to give the stock a short term bump so the Executives could get their quarterly Bonus. Only problem with that scenario is I don't think they got quarterly bonuses.

That said I think perhaps this is a defensive move in case something does transpire. Now does anyone think, know if the big boys at AA & US are talking formally or informally?

Well, my next door neighbor's hairdresser's 2nd cousin's yard man saw Doug at the Dew Drop Inn in Ashtabula the other day (or maybe it was last year), and it is believed that Bob Crandall once bought a lemonade there back in 1992. So, the rumors must be true.

 

[Art at ISP]

Must be a slow news day

 

[SparrowHawk]

This is kind of interesting, Not a ton of Substance,

US Airways Cites Lessons of Bid for Delta as AMR Offer Weighed
By Mary Schlangenstein - Mar 13, 2012 12:56 PM ET

US Airways Group Inc. (LCC), now weighing a possible offer for American Airlines, learned from its failed 2006 bid for Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) that such attempts need to be friendly and have labor support, President Scott Kirby said.

Kirby discussed the lessons from the hostile approach to Delta, which was in bankruptcy at the time, at a New York transportation conference today while declining to comment on AMR Corp. (AMR)’s American or its Chapter 11 case.
Enlarge image US Airway's Scott Kirby

Scott Kirby, president of US Airways Group Inc. Photographer: Laura Segall/Bloomberg

“We can’t do it alone,” Kirby said. “It’s important, in an ideal world, to have the constituents of the bankruptcy, principally labor, on your side. An outright hostile transaction won’t work.”

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[nycbusdriver]

US Airways Group Inc. (LCC), now weighing a possible offer for American Airlines, learned from its failed 2006 bid for Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) that such attempts need to be friendly and have labor support, President Scott Kirby said.

...friendly? No one wants to even talk to the ugly girl at the dance.

...and have labor support? Which labor? I doubt there's a labor group (of any airline) in the country that would support a join up with LCC. And for the labor groups on this property, Kirby will get the same support he has shown them. ZERO...ZIP...NADA.

Labor support? That boat don't float, Scooter.

 

[usfliboi]

...friendly? No one wants to even talk to the ugly girl at the dance.

...and have labor support? Which labor? I doubt there's a labor group (of any airline) in the country that would support a join up with LCC. And for the labor groups on this property, Kirby will get the same support he has shown them. ZERO...ZIP...NADA.

Labor support? That boat don't float, Scooter.

You will learn that in todays buisness world UsAirways is NOT the ugly girl anymore. Dont take my word for it...watch and learn over the next couple of years....

 

[Iclubbabyseals]

You will learn that in todays buisness world UsAirways is NOT the ugly girl anymore. Dont take my word for it...watch and learn over the next couple of years....

Lipstick can do wonders. and, fleecing the customers isn't as popular as it used to be.

 

[AAviator]

You will learn that in todays buisness world UsAirways is NOT the ugly girl anymore. Dont take my word for it...watch and learn over the next couple of years....

Yep,
They're lined up asking for her hand in marriage!

 

[AAviator]

...friendly? No one wants to even talk to the ugly girl at the dance.

...and have labor support? Which labor? I doubt there's a labor group (of any airline) in the country that would support a join up with LCC. And for the labor groups on this property, Kirby will get the same support he has shown them. ZERO...ZIP...NADA.

Labor support? That boat don't float, Scooter.

given what the press has been reporting, ain't no way, no how there will be support from the AA side. I can count on one hand the number of AA pilots that would support a deal. And they live in CLT!

The "Keep Delta our Delta" campaign that happened during LCC last hostile actions will look like a tea party when Dougie makes his hostile move on AA.

 

[PullUp]

Labor support will be bought. What is your price?
Mine is a whole lot more than anything Tempe has laid on the table yet.
Cheers.

 

[usa1]

A buyout ...... so those over 55 with 30 plus years service can retire as planned, allowing those that stay to move up in seniority and room for some new blood at the bottom. A win, win for everybody, including the company.

 

[nycbusdriver]

Labor support will be bought. What is your price?
Mine is a whole lot more than anything Tempe has laid on the table yet.
Cheers.

And mine is a whole lot more than you have in mind!

A buyout ...... so those over 55 with 30 plus years service can retire as planned, allowing those that stay to move up in seniority and room for some new blood at the bottom. A win, win for everybody, including the company.

Or?....maybe this is my price. (Key words: "as planned." As in, "as planned" before the ALPA MEC signed away our pensions in the dark of the night.)

Can we get the deal done before the end of the year so this 33-year veteran can get Christmas off?