Kirby claims that a merger between United and American would allow this new entity to better compete with foreign carriers – but he doesn’t really explain why United or American can’t compete with the product that those carriers currently offer. And I think we all know the answer, which is most of those foreign carriers have no competition within their own countries - and that is the secret Kirby doesn’t want to discuss. He doesn’t want to admit that a United and American merger would call all the shots domestically on fares flights and services, because there would be no domestic competition.