This synergy they talk about often means a massive reduction of the workforce.
The airline biz is heading towards being largely state-owned again because its one biz where profits are very hard to come by and massive losses more the norm.
Yep, I already gave up ever going back to work to an US airline. I stand better chances standing in line with the thousands applying say, for Qatar airlines.
What strikes me is how to merge modus operandi, work philosophies, standards… man, it’s going to be quite a shake up.
Too big to fail, I think is the idea on this one. The airline industry, outside of Southwest, is a constant dog that makes pennies on every $100 earned, that $100 not $1.00 for those to drunk to notice.
Crap service, more time in hubs, crappier service and more union strikes
Yep, my excoworker -who’s now with US Airways- says that it will take a while because the flight attendant unions and pilot unions will probably “stand on their eyebrows” as we say in Spanish, menaing they will give a fight to remember because they will be so pissed off…
The main plus in my book is I should be able to combine my frequent flyer miles for these programs. Then I can finally start using some of those accumulated miles.
One obvious downside is there will be less competition, and it will probably lead to an increase in prices.
I was amazed at the low values of these airlines. A successful software startup can be worth more than these airlines in just a few years time, even though the airlines have been around for decades and employ tens of thousands of people.