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Friday, February 15, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Who benefits when airlines merge? Who gets hit the hardest?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, February 14, 2008 09:12 PM

    Eastern's demise

    I believe they got locked into a protracted strike situation with their mechanics in the mid to late 80s and it ended up destroying them.

    Some of their vets now fly for Airtran. Who I would HATE to see merge with SW by the way.

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