Ray Neidl
Ray Neidl
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The US Airways route system fits very nicely with the United Airlines system. If this deal goes through, it would turn the airline industry on its head.
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It shows that they're determined to turn this airline around.
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It's a failing carrier and government authorities would probably love to have a bigger airline come and buy it and rescue it.
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Atlas Air will be growing probably over 20 percent a year.
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Air travel is usually one of the first big hits of a slowing economy, but these guys don't believe the economy is slowing. It's only going to be a good quarter.
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In the long term, we believe Republic will be one of the major players in the regional airline market. We think that Republic has the scale and financial capacity necessary to continue to aggressively expand.
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I will still bet there's no strike, one or the other. These airlines are too big to allow a strike for any period of time.
soft
The administration doesn't want a strike, especially in a soft economy,
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It's all going through on schedule, ... The big question is can they make it work post-merger.
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Right now, I still believe in the story of Alaska Airlines,
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You want to keep assets in place for when you have a recovery. By the time you're in a recession, you have to be making plans for the recovery. It's not like a factory where you can just lock and then reopen the door. There's a lag effect.
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It is good for Continental and good for the flight attendants. Continental got the cost structure it needs. That is what the company needs to make it.
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I think it's pretty risky what they're doing. I'm a real fence sitter here -- I'm real skeptical you can run a low cost carrier using regional jets.
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From what the union leader said, they don't want a strike either. I still have high hopes.