Originally Posted by
meyers9163
They are ASSETS of USairways and DAL... So as ASSETS it would only make sense the Airlines did..... Why would the government? Much like RAH trying to SELL SLOTS to generate money..... Republic/Midwest etc own those slot rights.
Well then why would the FAA be involved in the transaction at all? Seems that if they were truly just assets, DAL could sell them to whoever they wanted instead of running an auction through the FAA, or was selling them through an FAA auction just part of the DOT's conditions in this swap case?