Comments on: Delta and Northwest Announce Merger: It’s About F*@king Time

By: Beat The System: Killer Priceline Tricks For Hotel Deals | Taking Off

Beat The System: Killer Priceline Tricks For Hotel Deals | Taking Off — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:51:10 +0000

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By: dfwwidget

dfwwidget — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:38:15 +0000

The Delta pilots came to Delta to try to work out and deal. Delta did not go to them.

By: CF

CF — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:53:49 +0000

I´d be surprised if the pilots could derail this merger. If it goes through, they´re just going to have to figure out how to make it work best for them.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:42:47 +0000

Do you think the NW pilots can still derail this “merger”? The politicians? Here in Mpls/St. Paul I can tell you there is plenty of opposition…including the wishful thinking that NW should be the aquiring company.

Personally I’m against the merger because I don’t trust Richard Anderson farther than I can spit. And as a NW frequent flyer I’m on plenty of Delta codeshare flights and their service is abysmal at best. Not that NW is great, but both could learn much from their Skyteam partners Continental.

The key to fixing the problems in the airline industry are not mergers but contraction. The small airlines have been dropping like flies lately, but it’s high time one of the mainline carriers gets liquidated ~ gone, adios, goodbye. As a matter of fact, both Delta and NW recently emerged from bankruptcy. They should’ve both been liquidated then. End of story. Merger or not, I think they’re both doomed for another bankruptcy.

By: Beat The System: Killer Priceline Tricks For Hotel Deals

Beat The System: Killer Priceline Tricks For Hotel Deals — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:36:27 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:18:28 +0000

It appears that Parker is itching to get US Airways in on this merger fun. http://www.charlotte.com/business/story/584663.html

By: Atlanta, Home of the Largest Airline in the World

Atlanta, Home of the Largest Airline in the World — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:55:33 +0000

[...] to a press release and commentary by the Cranky Flier, personal entertainment and lie flat seats will be standard on all flights. Thank goodness for that [...]

By: Claudine

Claudine — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:16:15 +0000

That was a very good in-depth analysis. I hope that they keep the personal televisions and make them standard on on planes. I wonder if they are going to make up pay for headphones? Yuck!

By: The Passenger Seat » Delta/Northwest merger explained … sort of

The Passenger Seat » Delta/Northwest merger explained … sort of — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:04:09 +0000

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By: Yo

Yo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:20:25 +0000

Poor Delta, gonna have all those union goombas from NW to figure out.

No thanks.