Breaking News: AA and UA to merge!

nobody wrote:

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 ?

The presidents of both companies were on tv and they said they are
going to embark on a fleet simplification program, concentrating on
one plane type, the A380. This will suit them very well they said for
both the high density short hauls between Tulsa and Oklahoma City as
well as those long hauls between Lahore, Pakistan and Crawford, Texas.

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 ?

Mark will probaby be demoted to towel boy on the A380, working in the
gym locker room on the second floor handing out towels to the Taliban
passengers and collecting their used jock straps when they come in
from working out.

nobody wrote:

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.

I believe you are correct. I only found out about this because I
subscribe to a satellite tv service from the Punjab.

Capt. Lalit wrote:

nobody wrote:


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 ?


The presidents of both companies were on tv and they said they are
going to embark on a fleet simplification program, concentrating on
one plane type, the A380. This will suit them very well they said for
both the high density short hauls between Tulsa and Oklahoma City

Yep, doesn't get much denser than Oklahoma...

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In article , "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!

Aren't you a day early with the annoucement?

Naw, it's 04/1/04 UTC, but was as funny as a rubber crutch in a submarine...

teege

Not the Karl Orff wrote:

In article , "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!

Aren't you a day early with the annoucement?

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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:45:26 -0400, nobody wrote:

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 ?
Who cares? They are both in dire straits, something has to be done,
or the alternative is to close down altogether and go to bed.

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso, USAAC wrote:

Naw, it's 04/1/04 UTC, but was as funny as a rubber crutch in a submarine...

teege

I don't get that one. What is meant by "rubber crutch"? We used to say
"As funny as screen doors on a submarine"

"nobody" wrote in message
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Will it be American United, or United American ? Unimerican ?

It will be "Unamerican".

The low cost will certaitly be AmeriTed.

Low-cost will be merged with feeder service to be called "Teagle".

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

Alliances will also be merged as "Starworld".

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

As a cost-saving measure all service to LHR will be code-shares on BA, so BA
will have reached its goal of owning almost all the 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). ?

The suggestion of all-gray makes more sense. Gray doesn't show filth as
fast as most other colors.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:37:51 -0500, "Bob" wrote:

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

Surely an April Fool! United wouldn't demean its frequent-flyer
program by merging it with AA's, surely?

AA sucks.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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nobody wrote in message
Will it be American United, or United American ? Unimerican ?
The lost cost will certaitly be AmeriTed.

I think TedCan has a better ring to it...