Originally Posted by
grahampros
No, loss of competition is not always bad. Sometimes it's exactly what's needed for an industry like the airline industry to allow it to survive. There is such a thing a destructive competition and the airline industry is famous for that. It's finally stabilizing to a point it can earn it's costs of capital.
Yes, it's oneworld, that's been known from the beginning that AA brand stays and it stays in oneworld.
It depends. VX has been relentlessly attacking AA at SFO while losing scads of cash. AA has responded by cutting flights right and left. Maybe a combined US/AA will be strong enough to put some pressure on VX.
Still, I'm worried. I'm a loyalist to AA. I feel they have generally treated me well (recent NYC blizzard notwithstanding). I rarely sit in the back and I don't pay anything extra to sit up front except for the occasional UK luxury tax. It's hard to imagine there won't be at least a few changes I don't like, and it's hard to imagine there won't be some operational days down the road that make me pull out what's left of my hair.