Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Two take aways:

(1) If Company is wanting to get this done sooner, rather than later, that implies they have a positive forecast and think a deal could be done cheaper now, than later.
(2) Or, they desire some sort of scope liberalization to get a deal done. That could be a small jet order, a fragmentation of AA, or something like Hawaiian.

FWIW, Hawaiian makes as much sense as Alaska, at a whole lot more favorable price point.

FWIW (note 2), it would not surprise me to learn the Reps are not completely read in on what the core of the MEC Admin has been working on. Not saying this is going on, just saying that a Moak style fait accompli would not surprise me.