The Globe & mail's Report on Business has an interesting column this morning, an open letter to Robert Milton from Doug Steiner, a somewhat disgruntled Elite. The column can be found at www.globeandmail.com/gam/ROBColumns/20000614/ROUTS.html and it pretty much expresses the angst many of those posting on these forums have been feeling. As a shareholder in AC, I'm beginning to wonder how sick this company is becoming. Is it about to become the corporate equivilent of Walkerton? Or are we overracting to these incidental recollections? No merger of any two airlines is a simple matter. Maybe Merry or some others from Britain can reflect on how British Caledonian staff were integrated into BA, since this is the closest approximation we have: two extremely competitive carriers trying to forge a union. It is quite unlike the U.S. experiences of Delta and Western, or Northwest and Republic. These carriers had few overlapping routes and thus were not pitch competitors.