US Airways and American Airlines to merge

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by CCIP

http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Repor...191078301.html

Something that's been simmering on the backburner for a while, but is finally (almost) official. Interesting times ahead.

Not necessarily a good thing, but ironically I'm sort of excited for it... because as my signature might suggest, I am part of a virtual US Airways, which makes for interesting times ahead for us

However I definitely do wish the employees of both airlines a lot of luck in retaining their jobs. The US airline industry really isn't in good health, and this is not a great sign for it either (although an inevitable thing to happen). US Airways may be the strong party in this deal, but it is (was?) a lame duck and would not survive this decade on its own IMO. American is still in some serious financial trouble, and while they'd recover without this merger, it would cost them a lot in the long run. Neither had a very good plan B, so, here we are...

Well, hopefully you don't virtually lose your job!

How is your Virtual US Airways going to incorporate this?

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Well, hopefully you don't virtually lose your job!

How is your Virtual US Airways going to incorporate this?

We'll be mimicking the real company and gradually converting to a virtual American, but that will take a while. Our VA also has a strong focus on maintaining a "heritage" schedule, meaning that even once we change the name and become a Virtual American, we'll still have the old US Airways fleet to fly as "heritage routes" for those who want to. So for us, that will be neat!

I've never flown American, but I've flown US Air many times and it's been okay. The US airline industry really does need to find some way to improve service standards. "Good enough so that you won't refuse to fly with them again" is no baseline for service!

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by CCIP

We'll be mimicking the real company and gradually converting to a virtual American, but that will take a while. Our VA also has a strong focus on maintaining a "heritage" schedule, meaning that even once we change the name and become a Virtual American, we'll still have the old US Airways fleet to fly as "heritage routes" for those who want to. So for us, that will be neat!

I've never flown American, but I've flown US Air many times and it's been okay. The US airline industry really does need to find some way to improve service standards. "Good enough so that you won't refuse to fly with them again" is no baseline for service!

That's cool, but, Long-Distance Civilian Flying just isn't for me. I can do short stuff like 30 minutes Maximum. I've done that with some local airports.