if the doj doesn't let aa and lcc merge there is no way in hell they let AA and jetblu merge.

Also why would aa want jetblue? Other than JFK jeblue doesn't offer anything aa doesn't already have. But I stiill think my first point stands, if aa and us can't merge I highly doubt they would let AA take out the LCC competition in NYC and get >60% of all jfk slots.

If this merger fails that's the end of merger mania in the airlines till the next round of chpt 11.