Originally Posted by
Kootur
That's why I'm so shocked they allowed 2 other similar mergers (3 if you can air tran/swa even though the doj doesn't) to happen and now have a problem with this one. Dal was the bigger more global airline that merged with the more regional nwa, UA was the bigger more global airline that merged with the more regional cal, now AA is the bigger more global airline that SHOULD be allowed to merge with the more regional us.
"They" didn't allow both; the DL-NW merger happened under the prior administration, and their policies were unsurprisingly different. I'm a little surprised that UA-CO was allowed by the present administration, although there was probably a lot more carryover staff than there is now (and it was a midterm election year.)