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Old Jan 12, 2012, 7:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Photonerd71
4. There is also a political angle here. Do you think the Texas Congressional delegations of either the Dems or the GOP are going to be excited about seeing AA close down/severely downsize the Fort Worth HQ?

Not gonna happen, folks. Highly unlikely.

Well, they were pretty damn quiet when Jeffery packed up and called the movers to ship his office to Chicago from Houston after the CO/UA merger.[/QUOTE]

There will be a deal where the new owner will "commit" to maintaining x in Ft.Worth/Texas/DFW for X years. The politicians will crow that they got this major commitment, and then the buyer will renege within 3 years.
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