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Old April 1st, 2004, 02:37 AM
Bob
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

Just announced, American and United have agreed to merge by the end of the
year.

They are also planning to order 25-50 new Airbus A380s for a major expansion
to Asia/Pacific.

Great news!


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Old April 1st, 2004, 02:41 AM
mtravelkay
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

Well, it is April 1 in Europe...

I got one email from AA today. They are cutting Bistro Bags on a lot of
flights

Bob wrote:
Just announced, American and United have agreed to merge by the end of the
year.

They are also planning to order 25-50 new Airbus A380s for a major expansion
to Asia/Pacific.

Great news!



Well, it is April 1 in Europe... can you post a link to this news?


I got one email from AA today. They are cutting Bistro Bags on a lot of
flights

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Old April 1st, 2004, 02:52 AM
resenär
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

"Bob" wrote in message ...
Just announced, American and United have agreed to merge by the end of the
year.

They are also planning to order 25-50 new Airbus A380s for a major

expansion
to Asia/Pacific.

Great news!


Must try harder :-)

Res


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Old April 1st, 2004, 03:06 AM
nobody
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

Bob wrote:

Just announced, American and United have agreed to merge by the end of the
year.


Will it be American United, or United American ? Unimerican ?
The lost cost will certaitly be AmeriTed.

Will the combined airline be member of Star or Oneworld ? If they are Star,
will the mean the end of Oneworld ?

Will American make the fleet decisions or will it be United ? (aka: 747s and
Airbus, or all boeing small planes).

Will there be a series between the Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys and Chicago
Bears to determine where the merged airline will have it main hub ? Or will
the mayors bribe the new airline like they did to Boeing to have Boeing's head
office ?

Won't the combined entity have to relinquish a whole tons of slots at LHR ?


And more importantly, will the livery be the no-paint from AA, or the real
livery from UA ? Or will the combined one go for the euro letter-hjead livery
(white fuselage with logo on tail and black text on fuselage). ?
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Old April 1st, 2004, 03:30 AM
Jim Herring
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

Bob wrote:

Just announced, American and United have agreed to merge by the end of the
year.

They are also planning to order 25-50 new Airbus A380s for a major expansion
to Asia/Pacific.

Great news!


Yeap, it's April 1st in the UK.


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Jim

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Old April 1st, 2004, 03:45 AM
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

You know, this is going to cause a lot of union problems with pilot seniority.

With AA's most senior pilots restricted to tiny 777s, won't this give unfair
advantage to UA's 747 pilots ?

Or will AA's most senior pilots get to displace 747 pilots ?

And what will happen to young preppy pilots like Mark Rogers ? Will he be
bumped down to Beech 1900Ds ? Or will he get to drive the big A380s that
someone else said the combined entity would order ?
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Old April 1st, 2004, 04:38 AM
nobody
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

What Merger wrote:
Well if it's going to cause such horrendous problems then how come it's

not a banner headline on ABC, or CNN's website.


Because the story is embargoed until April 1 00:01 local time, and this hasn't
yet reached the USA. So they were able to learn about it in europe and
newfoundland before it is to be released in the USA.
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Old April 1st, 2004, 05:23 AM
What Merger
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

nobody wrote:

You know, this is going to cause a lot of union problems with pilot seniority.


Well if it's going to cause such horrendous problems then how come it's
not a banner headline on ABC, or CNN's website.

But wait..... That's not all

Here we are reading about what would be one of the largest aviation
newstories this year in such barnburning newsgroups as
rec.travel.air, alt.travel.uk.air, aus.aviation,
alt.disasters.aviation, and last but not least rec.aviation.piloting

Maybe Ralphie and Bertie the Bunyip know something CNN doesn't.

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Old April 1st, 2004, 05:40 AM
John Mazor
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

"nobody" wrote in message
...
You know, this is going to cause a lot of union problems with pilot

seniority.

With AA's most senior pilots restricted to tiny 777s, won't this give

unfair
advantage to UA's 747 pilots ?

Or will AA's most senior pilots get to displace 747 pilots ?

And what will happen to young preppy pilots like Mark Rogers ? Will he be
bumped down to Beech 1900Ds ? Or will he get to drive the big A380s that
someone else said the combined entity would order ?


He was too preoccupied at the NTSB forum today to care.


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Old April 1st, 2004, 05:51 AM
Capt. Lalit
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Default Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

nobody wrote:

Bob wrote:

Just announced, American and United have agreed to merge by the end of the
year.


Will it be American United, or United American ? Unimerican ?
The lost cost will certaitly be AmeriTed.


I just saw this in the news. The combined airline will be taken over
by the Bush Administration and renamed TSA, with Tom Ridge in charge.

Will the combined airline be member of Star or Oneworld ? If they are Star,
will the mean the end of Oneworld ?


It will belong to the newly created Bin Laden Alliance.

Will American make the fleet decisions or will it be United ? (aka: 747s and
Airbus, or all boeing small planes).

Will there be a series between the Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys and Chicago
Bears to determine where the merged airline will have it main hub ? Or will
the mayors bribe the new airline like they did to Boeing to have Boeing's head
office ?


Its main hubs will be in Bagdad, Iraq, and Islamabad, Pakistan.

Won't the combined entity have to relinquish a whole tons of slots at LHR ?


Probably, since they won't be needing them. The bulk of it's flying
will be A380s between Kandahar, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

And more importantly, will the livery be the no-paint from AA, or the real
livery from UA ? Or will the combined one go for the euro letter-hjead livery
(white fuselage with logo on tail and black text on fuselage). ?


It will be a stealth scheme, like the old United, except it will be
all gray, without the other colors. That way the planes can slip in
and out of airports undetected.
 




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