View Poll Results: Do you support the merger between Northwest and Delta?
Yes
38
23.17%
No
117
71.34%
Undecided
9
5.49%
Voters: 164. You may not vote on this poll
Merger: Yea, or Nay?
Apr 15, 2008, 1:06 pm
#1
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Merger: Yea, or Nay?
Simple question: Do you support or not support the potential merger?
Nay!!
Nay!!
Apr 15, 2008, 1:09 pm
#3
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reading these thread I think the outstanding answer your going to get is nay.
Apr 15, 2008, 1:13 pm
#4
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Definitely Nay.
Apr 15, 2008, 1:14 pm
#5
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Posts: 286
Heck No!!! 
Apr 15, 2008, 1:18 pm
#6
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Posts: 259
I'm just a lowly silver... Honestly still waiting to see what transpires.
Have had GREAT luck / experiences with NW, and hate to see any of it go away.
D
Have had GREAT luck / experiences with NW, and hate to see any of it go away.
D
Apr 15, 2008, 1:23 pm
#7
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Posts: 55
i will stick with the new one if the price for tix is reasonable
but anyway...NAY!
Apr 15, 2008, 1:25 pm
#9
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Apr 15, 2008, 1:27 pm
#10
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: eastern Europe & NC
Posts: 4,527
Absolutely Nay! This is the merger from hell.
Apr 15, 2008, 1:31 pm
#11
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Location: Madison, wi
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Posts: 185
nope.....never.....nay
Apr 15, 2008, 1:32 pm
#12
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Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay Nay
Dl Sux!
Dl Sux!
Apr 15, 2008, 1:35 pm
#13
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No airline merger of this nature has ever yielded advantages for customers. They rarely even advantage the companies themselves.
Pan Am + National: Disastrous for the resulting company.
Delta + Pan Am: Disastrous for Pan Am.
Northwest + Republic: Crippling, divisive, disastrous for the resulting company.
Delta + Western: Disastrous for the Western service area: reduced flights, dropped cities and routes, higher prices, less choice.
USAir + PSA: Disastrous for the PSA service area: dropped cities and routes, layoffs, higher prices, less choice.
AA + Reno Air: Disastrous for the Reno Air service area: dropped routes, higher prices, less choice.
AA + TWA: Disastrous for St. Louis and TWA employees: reduced flights, dropped cities and routes, less choice.
USAirways + America West: A resounding disaster for the American people: the resulting company is the worst major airline in the world.
Now:
Delta + Northwest: More choice, more benefits, better service.
HA. SURE.
When the people engineering airline mergers lead off with demented rhetoric about how it's a "win for customers," "win for employees," etc., how does anyone keep from retching? They are NEVER a win.
Pan Am + National: Disastrous for the resulting company.
Delta + Pan Am: Disastrous for Pan Am.
Northwest + Republic: Crippling, divisive, disastrous for the resulting company.
Delta + Western: Disastrous for the Western service area: reduced flights, dropped cities and routes, higher prices, less choice.
USAir + PSA: Disastrous for the PSA service area: dropped cities and routes, layoffs, higher prices, less choice.
AA + Reno Air: Disastrous for the Reno Air service area: dropped routes, higher prices, less choice.
AA + TWA: Disastrous for St. Louis and TWA employees: reduced flights, dropped cities and routes, less choice.
USAirways + America West: A resounding disaster for the American people: the resulting company is the worst major airline in the world.
Now:
Delta + Northwest: More choice, more benefits, better service.
HA. SURE.
When the people engineering airline mergers lead off with demented rhetoric about how it's a "win for customers," "win for employees," etc., how does anyone keep from retching? They are NEVER a win.
Apr 15, 2008, 1:35 pm
#14
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Nay.
Apr 15, 2008, 1:50 pm
#15
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No one asked me before the merger. The answer is still nay.
It's the end of an era.
It's the end of an era.