Huh. Good news for Virgin, United, Delta, and others. But I had never heard this plan called a "merger" before - it was more of an alliance, I thought, and each airline was going to keep its own capitalization, management, and brand identity, right? -- Michael C. Berch mcb@postmodern.com > BA merger with American Airlines collapses > > A proposed merger between two of the world's biggest airlines has been > called off after the two companies say conditions imposed by the US > government were too harsh.