United and American?

[jtrain609]

I just don’t see how you make hub and spoke work with a merger this size. There’s just so many overlapping bases.

NYC/PHL
IAD/CLT
IAH/DFW

Airways...I mean American, is already doing it.

They've got so many east coast hubs you could walk from JFK to LGA to PHL to DCA to CLT to MIA without getting your feet wet.

 

[scramjet]

All of the old rules are out the door. I’ve been half expecting something like this for a little while now. Additionally, it seems like the airlines haven’t been too enthusiastic about developing new technology the past 50 years; there’s very little other direction they can go to remain viable into the future without a significantly reduced amount of competitors. Unless of course they start innovating again like the period between 1940 and 1970.

 

[bike21]

If this happens then Delta is buying JetBlue, Alaska and Southwest simply out of spite.

Spite merge would be epic. We could call it Latte Larry’s Air.

 

[bike21]

Spite merge would be epic. We could call it Latte Larry’s Air.

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Oh and also @jtrain609 …

ONE LIST

 

[WacoFan]

Possible names :
Varney Speed Lines
Western Air Express

And the liveries must be such. And fleets need to include Lockheed Orions and Stearman C3's (although any square tail Stearman is acceptable).

 

[DropTank]

Buy n Large Airlines

"We paid off the government. We do what we want!"

"Now with 12" seat pitch!"

"Legs and back hurt? Visit one of the 10,957 Buy N Large chiropracters located in every terminal!"

 

[drunkenbeagle]

I wonder what the name would be?
UnAmerican Airlines, AmeriTed Airlines?
Probably just United at that point.

Don't be silly. They will pay a licensing fee to call it Trump Airlines.

 

[DropTank]

Don't be silly. They will pay a licensing fee to call it Trump Airlines.

So, bankrupt in 12-18 months?

 

[JDean3204]

It’s making the rounds on media too now. My guess is United is doing this to create buzz, that way when they truly try to acquire JetBlue it won’t seem so absurd.

 

[Kingairer]

AA CEO has been silent so far. If this was total pie in the sky why isn’t he saying anything ?

 

[bp]

scooter just trying to dunk on isom by giving AA the Pretty Woman treatment after he got slighted
and also as previously mentioned probably trying to soft launch JB

 

[FlyingAccountant]

I'm having a tough time imagining a 2000 aircraft airline.

 

[killbilly]

Maybe throwing poop on the wall like this is a way for making a b6 acquisition seem not so crazy.

That, and/or telling B6 leadership/BOD that they're asking waaaaaaaaaaaay too much for the deal.

 

[bike21]

Buy n Large Airlines


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"We paid off the government. We do what we want!"

"Now with 12" seat pitch!"

"Legs and back hurt? Visit one of the 10,957 Buy N Large chiropracters located in every terminal!"

Pilots soon to be replaced with Wall-E

 

[CFIscare]

Airways...I mean American, is already doing it.

They've got so many east coast hubs you could walk from JFK to LGA to PHL to DCA to CLT to MIA without getting your feet wet.

You make your point as delicately as ever, Mr. Pelt.

 

[jtrain609]

You make your point as delicately as ever, Mr. Pelt.

 

[knot4u]

I'm sure that's their strategy too.

Under any other administration, I'd say no chance in hell. But who knows with these guys.

Hypothetically speaking, if this were to happen, I'd have to imagine there would be a lot of divestures in areas where both airlines already dominate - like Chicago.

You off your meds again? Nobody made this thread political. You did old man.

It's always political here. I haven't forgotten my once a day blood pressure pill in over a year. It's telling that "off your meds" has found it's way into common parlance. I'm unsure when it started but anyone with a doctorate started prescribing SSRIs like candy for anyone that was having a bad day. The problem with SSRIs is they effectively rewire a persons brain to "feel good" and once the patient "feels good" they stop taking the SSRIs and get into some very abnormal behavior such as shooting up schools or, as it personally effected me, they kill themselves. I'm not on any psych meds and I will refuse to take them for the rest of my life. You want me to take drugs because I disagree with you? I haven't touched an illicit substance since I was 18 and I'm not going to start now.