Originally Posted by
dn_wisconsin
You don't get it do you. If they were kept separate, no. You can have 2 or more airlines owned by a holding company and not integrate lists. Since they are merging certificates a SLI will have to happen. But it only states they cannot be stapled. If the VA guys agree (not that they would) to a 1000 to 1 integration it's perfectly legal.
A perfect example is Gojet, Trans States and Compass. All under one holding company, all different lists. Compass was bought but Gojet was started to circumvent Trans States contract.
So how many holdings companies are still in play other than regionals? When I say in play I mean ones that would be possible merger candidates, I will save you from looking it up, One is the answer.
One that will have alpa on property soon and one that is not a regional, and one that it makes the absolute most sense to not keep two different operations going.
Why do you think Bendo give two ****s about giving us industry leading scope, because it means crap with the players that would be likely suitors.