Buying JB would be a dumb idea. You can't control the northeast much more than we already do. Buying JB would like you said end up costing us a enormous amount of slots that are then taken by SWA and others and we're left with a bunch of airplanes we could have had anyways and nowhere to fly them while other airlines expand in mass where we once were. It'd be the most insane move in recent airline history not to mention the insanity involved in JFK terminals.

The 100 seater "problem" wouldn't be solved since JB is already offloading E190s. We had a JB guy somewhere around here mention the E190 is not doing as well as it should. Which sucks, looks like a great airplane. And I don't think Airbus will say "hey, sorry, no room for you on the production line..." They won't because they can't afford to do that.

So really, it's just a horrible idea.