Originally Posted by
EricH
The speculation is based partly on CO's situation after the DL/NW merger. I don't think US is the pride of *A, so there may be some traction to swapping CO for US, but I'd speculate that it's all just speculation at this point (double speculation!).
There will be no swapping. Pushing US Airways out would likely require a massive cash payment to US, something that the Star carriers probably aren't in a financial position to make.