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06-06-2001, 08:22 PM
From the Orlando Sentinal
http://www.orlandosentinal.com/business/orl-biz-united060701.story?coll=orl%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines


Mineta's comment Tuesday appeared to confirm what long has been suspected in the industry and on Wall Street -- that federal regulators oppose the deal out of concern the merged carrier would reduce competition in several East Coast markets, especially Washington.


I think United is becoming more and more aware that this merger is leading them down a financial black hole," said Boyd, president of the Boyd Group in Evergreen, Colo. "It's going to bring in much higher costs, major [labor] disruptions and nowhere near the revenue they thought