Originally Posted by UA-NYC

I'll give a little example here to better illustrate this point, since it's apparently not clear:

CEO A: Even though our merger partner had success in many ways, there's no way their method can be better than what I've seen at the company I've worked at the past 15 years. I'm skeptical that I'll see anything that would change my mind, and am confident we'll kill off their point of difference. After all, if it was such a good idea, we would have done it already.

CEO B: While my company may have known one version of success, our merger partner had a different one, and I'm going to go forward in leading the combined company with an open, unbiased mindset and learn from what they did well. I won't lean either way until I've had the chance to analyze both sets of books and get a better sense of the customer bases for both airlines.

Who would you rather have as your leader of the world's largest airline? I know who I'd choose.