Originally Posted by
tsquare
This was one thing that had me concerned in C12K. The fact that OUR scope might be dependent on another carrier's scope. Specifically I was concerned about Alaska. While I didn't think a merger with them was of practical matter, conceptually it bothered me.
It is more that they piggyback off or our scope. That should aid our case in a merger (since our flying is ours and only their 737's are theirs).
Bottom line: Non permitted aircraft should equal merger if acquired.
I don't think we would bother acquiring Alaska's 737's without also acquiring their brand. It would be senseless to buy the airline just to have it spring back up again with lower costs as Skywest dba Alaska.