It’s been said that the fastest way to becoming a millionaire is to invest a billion in airline stocks. With that in mind I view the news that US Airways wants to merge with Delta. Even though they’re supposed to be the “hometown” airline with a hub in Charlotte, I hate flying US Airways. They’re one of the old, endangered, nickel-and-dime-you airlines. If they disappeared I wouldn’t miss ’em. I’ve merely tolerated them since they took over Piedmont Airlines and sucked all the friendliness out of it.

I have no grudges against Delta though, aside from the fact that I don’t like flying through Atlanta to get to anywhere else. Delta’s Atlanta connections simply aren’t convenient to me, and I rarely have reason to fly to Atlanta.

The upside to a merger is that Southwest might gain some gates at New York’s LaGuardia, which would be a welcome occurance – since I fly there frequently. The other upside is that there’ll be one less dinosaur airline to deal with.