Originally Posted by
FWAAA
So you think they're popping open some champagne in Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas today (DL, UA, WN)?
Both Smisek (UA) and Anderson (DL) have been on record saying they actually welcome a AA-US merger as the last piece of the consolidation puzzle to fall into place. Parker has shown himself to be a "capacity discipline" kind of guy rather than a market-share-chasing CEO. Most carriers have been able to exercise capacity discipline in the last few years, and reap the resulting rewards - continued profits despite record fuel prices.