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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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,
question work
It's all going through on schedule, ... The big question is can they make it work post-merger.
alaska believe
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.
high leader strike union
From what the union leader said, they don't want a strike either. I still have high hopes.
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If your employees are disgruntled they can still do damage to you, no matter what the court orders. But all of this is going to make it harder for United to win back its good business customers, which they've been trying to do.
pressure
That will put more pressure on American and Continental to do the same.