VA Weighs Sale After Receiving Interest
03-30-2016, 10:19 AM
#351
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Well aware of that language but I'm very confident in Ford and Harrison ability to manage the process to avoid the appearance or the reasonable probability of the appearance of a single transportation system. BlueJet would simply code share with the airline it controls via Jetblue Ventures.
By no means am I routing for this. Which is why I'm routing for no deal.
By no means am I routing for this. Which is why I'm routing for no deal.
03-30-2016, 10:30 AM
#352
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I agree this would initially be a Guadalupe-type merger.....for ease and convenience of the merger/acqusition.....but I think the operations would be merged into one, single entity before too long.....Virgin America would no longer exist.....planes would be painted, operational redundancy would be eliminated......seniority would be integrated...
03-30-2016, 01:12 PM
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Yes, the 'synergies' and financial benefit from a merger come with eliminating redundancies and they can't do that if carriers are operated separately through a Guadeloupe Scenario. I don't think we will see this type of thing, as it would blow any hopes of labor peace in the future and probably drive several other employee groups to unionize immediately.
Napkin math - 4000 plus pilots working for a 40% discount to the market over 5 years is worth over $1.5 billion in direct labor cost savings.
The synergy is the company created leverage of two group competing for growth with their conditions of service.
Die deal die!
03-30-2016, 01:17 PM
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03-30-2016, 01:27 PM
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03-30-2016, 02:23 PM
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You do know that when DAL and NWA combined, Delta placed NWA In a holding company, for the exchange of stock and then just folded the holding company into Delta. ALPA merger policy still kicked in.
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