American Airlines CEO Tom Horton told the Financial Times that an American Airlines merger partner could be decided within weeks.   In the Financial Times story, Horton also reiterates his claims of being a consolidation advocate before it was cool to be one as well as that he suggested a US Airways / AA merger before Doug Parker did.

Want to know what I notice?  US Airways and Doug Parker have gone radio silent.  They have been largely radio silent for a few weeks now.  Despite Horton’s Weird PR Trip, Parker & Company are nowhere to be seen.

And that does not mean that US Airways is having second thoughts.  It’s not the snake you hear that bites you.  It’s the snake that you don’t hear and don’t see that gets you.

I also note that Tom Horton is sounding very shrill these days.

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