Does anyone think an Eastern and Piedmont merger would have worked out? Eastern could have built up a nice hub in CLT and just used ATL for O/D. Piedmont was primarily an east coast airline. Their routes would have complimented one another. Giant differences in fleets I know, but airlines with varied fleets have merged previously. I just think they could have turned CLT into another ATL.
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Re: Eastern and Piedmont
Having flown for EA and been on the MEC, I doubt it. EA’s problems were beyond fixing when any such merger would have been contemplated. EA was very capital short—needed a large fleet replacement plan and funding. Internal union relations were poisoned to the point of no return.
CLT wasn’t the city in 1984 that it is now, either. Then, it couldn’t have produced the necessary O&D traffic needed for the hub to work and it was too close the ATL. In 1984, EA was bigger than DL as an airline and as an ATL hub airline—no need for a second hub that close.
Mort Beyer was thought to have considered a TW/EA merger that might have made more sense except BOTH were financially weak.
CLT wasn’t the city in 1984 that it is now, either. Then, it couldn’t have produced the necessary O&D traffic needed for the hub to work and it was too close the ATL. In 1984, EA was bigger than DL as an airline and as an ATL hub airline—no need for a second hub that close.
Mort Beyer was thought to have considered a TW/EA merger that might have made more sense except BOTH were financially weak.
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