Originally Posted by
PilotFrog
I still think Alaska is in play. We see that Delta plays its hand out over years\months and it seems we've been positioning our network to not compete on routes much like I hear the NWA and Delta systems were done before the merger. Heck RA is crafty enough I think to do double and grab Hawiian at the sme time.
We can't afford Alaska. Seen their stock price? It would cost us a heckuva lot to buy them - would likely mess with Richard's plan to reduce debt substantially as DL would have to borrow to buy AS.