Ask the pilot: Who benefits when airlines merge? Who gets hit the hardest?
Fulfilling many months of rumor and speculation, the long-predicted consolidation of the U.S. airline industry is finally upon us. As of this writing nothing is official, but reports are that Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, the nation's (indeed the world's) third- and fifth-largest carriers, respectively, are close to agreeing to terms, and will announce their intentions to merge. It may… » Full Story on Salon.com
