Originally Posted by
grahampros
I tink it's pretty inevitable that some portions of the US's network will be shutdown or reoriented to other hubs. The large increases in costs to bring them up to to AA's levels just wont be sustainable in portions of US's current network. Parker will be aggressive i'm sure in pulling things that wont make money in the new world. They will undoubtedly rationalize capacity and the network as they begin to integrate.
Why assume they wil bring those routes up to AA levels? The levels they are at now were set by this management team. They are the levels they want. It seems much more likely they will cut service on the AA routes to the US levels in order to save since they didnt get the cost savings they needed out of bankruptcy due to having to bribe the employees to back the takeover. Where else will they realize those needed savings other than cutting service?