Airlines are talking about merging!
Two of the latest report are the worst! If the merge, there would be only one worst.
Airlines are taking big hits because of fuel prices as we are, but they do not give amenities as they used to. SW Air had to give up peanuts because some people were allergic, food, if there is food is crap, drinks totally over priced! To many flights but still equal to blocked flight times or the equipment was not properly checked as they should have been.
OOPs cracks in the air frames, wheels won't go down. I think that is called inspections. That is also called old planes that have been in the air to damn long and getting second market parts that are second rate.
I flew everyother week for 5 years on many of the airlines that have merged and they have gotten nothing but worse and scarier.