Airline Merger

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This paper analyzes the recent merger of US Airways and American West as written about in the Wall Street Journal on November 26th of 2005. It considers this merger from the perspective of a utilitarian analysis, going through nine steps to determine the positive and negative consequences. The paper concludes that the positive does not outweigh the negative.

From the Paper:

"The action which will be evaluated is entitled "Airlines, Battered By Losses, Look Set for Rebound; Falling Costs, Fewer Seats May Be Ticket to Recovery For Some Major Carriers" written on November 26th, 2005 by Susan Carey and Melanie Trottman for the Wall Street Journal. The article discusses how the airline industry appears to be on the verge of a recovery, and it specifically addresses the US Airways and America West merger. As thus, those involved in this action include the companies of US Airways, America West, and this includes all of the employees for these companies as well as those who fly these airlines. The employees are the most directly affected by this merger"

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