In my long held view, all such carrier mergers must go the whole hog. Eventually. When they have:
- saved money and jobs in all other ways
- have introduced new managers who have worked with the idea from day one
- spent years moving the mgmt closer together
- prepared the Unions
THEN they can merge and save a great deal on jobs, offices and money. Regualr commercial companies do that at the start but airlines are thought of differently by many people in many areas.
Lastly, as I have said before but I want to bore you all one more time
: Eventually, there will be half a dozen mega carriers that sub out their operations to others. The mega carriers are already with them and they are:
- One World
- Star Alliance
- Sky Team
- 4th yet to form but will be Asian
I sit to be corrected - but we might have to wait 30 years to see if I'm right!