AA pilots move to scupper any US bid

America Airlines Vice President for Flight John Hale wrote a memo yesterday to CEO Tom Horton and other leaders, questioning the ability of potential suitor US Airways Group to orchestrate a successful takeover. The pilots expect a hostile bid from US Airways and “have very serious concerns” about such a tie-up, “I’m confident pilots will continue to be very skeptical about US Airways’ ability to integrate separate workforces or grow the combined company,” he wrote. “The phrase ‘all hat and no cattle’ comes to mind. There’s little indication from anyone I’ve spoken to that a takeover by US would produce