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Old Nov 13, 2014 | 6:04 am
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Originally Posted by username
I think looking back, people should have protested more during the merger approval process for all the airlines. The lack of competition seems to be the problem to me.
I agree. Allowing these mega mergers and the Aeroflot convergence was anti-competitive at its core.

But many more people like this than they are willing to admit.

The protest comes very, very late and the resolve of management cannot be moderate easily.

With the current leadership a concession would also be meaningless. They would just keep lying about it and either make faux concessions or outright ignore their promises. So I just watch and see ....
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