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But, I can't imagine US Air and United needing any more slots in D.C., if they combine. If it went down, I bet the DOJ would insist they get smaller in DC, not bigger.
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When I was at my AMR interview, we all looked like clones except for 2 guys. One guy was wearing cowboy boots and neither had red ties. When we were all in a big room waiting for what was next, an important looking guy stuck his head in the room and said sort of laughingly, "No red ties, you two won't be getting hired," chuckled and walked out. We all thought that was strange. Neither one was hired. True story.
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Good one. No, I had left my corner kickers at home, for the more stylish black wing tips. I did get hired, but had to make a tough choice between DAL and AMR. I'm still not sure if I made the right choice.
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Aside from the pension loss, I'd say you made the right choice. We are a powerhouse and I believe we should see the seeds of that soon. I believe it was our fortune to merge two airlines during a downturn when it was easier to realign capacity, fleets, work groups etc. Anyone merging now will do it at the beginning of an economic growth cycle. Imagine trying to turn on your respective companies to capture the growth while trying to merge everything else. We are way ahead of the bell curve.
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I liked this quote, from the Washington Post. (Swelbar is a consultant)
Swelbar questioned whether United and US Airways pilots had laid any of the necessary groundwork. "Whereas Delta was blessed with visionary pilot leadership, the same type of leadership is not evident at either US Airways or United," he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews
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Aside from the pension loss, I'd say you made the right choice. We are a powerhouse and I believe we should see the seeds of that soon. I believe it was our fortune to merge two airlines during a downturn when it was easier to realign capacity, fleets, work groups etc. Anyone merging now will do it at the beginning of an economic growth cycle. Imagine trying to turn on your respective companies to capture the growth while trying to merge everything else. We are way ahead of the bell curve.
Parker has merger fever. He won't be happy until he is running a humungous airline giant. I'm not sure he is good enough to overcome the collosal labor conflicts which would surely follow. I can't imagine the UAL guys allowing it to happen. The USAirways guys may see it as another opportunity to get DOH. It will be interesting in any case.
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If the wheels come off the operation because of deliberate management decisions elsewhere I will do my job to the best of my ability but not anyone else's.
Besides the above hazard it might also undercut another work groups lawful efforts to organize or improve their working conditions.
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That's a very slippery slope. Soon doing above and beyond becomes the status quo and failure to do so becomes a work action. Better for all of us if we do our prescribed jobs and others do theirs.
If the wheels come off the operation because of deliberate management decisions elsewhere I will do my job to the best of my ability but not anyone else's.
Besides the above hazard it might also undercut another work groups lawful efforts to organize or improve their working conditions.
If the wheels come off the operation because of deliberate management decisions elsewhere I will do my job to the best of my ability but not anyone else's.
Besides the above hazard it might also undercut another work groups lawful efforts to organize or improve their working conditions.
Bad decisions generally get fixed quickly. We are a vocal group, and when something is not right many normally will speak up.
I wish other work groups the best in their decision process, but it is frankly none of my business.
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