It's like they're still in the denial phase of grief. Midway through the second reporter does round two on the original question as if she doesn't want to believe it's true and he backs off on his first answer.

"Do you honestly think Continental would have been out of business now...?"

"Not necessarily out of business, but marginalized..."

"(Cough cough) Gammy's dead now, gotta go."

Gammy Krantz - YouTube

Gammy and Grampy are both gone now. All the little Bobbys needs to move on. He was spot on about consolidation. We couldn't match the DAL or AA route structure without merging.