Originally Posted by BeatNavy

I love the APC CEOs who can predict the future and have knowledge of absolutes within the industry. A respected airline analyst lays out a case for Bluenited. Not saying it'll happen, but I am certainly not saying it can't or won't happen. JetBlue was never going to merge. Until it tried. Lots of things in this industry "could never happen" and then do. People who make a lot more money than we do know a lot more about the specifics of any M&A related to their company. That's their lane, they have a lot more data than we do, and outside of their circles, everyone else can just speculate and start/spread (or try to end) rumors, but no one knows.

We are limited within our lane to hope that the chips fall in our favor, that our company makes it until our retirement, and that we can defy odds to not be furloughed/shut down/merged with a loss of seniority throughout the remainder of our careers.

In response to the "we are hiring 1200 so we aren't merging/buying an airline" or whatever the number is, airlines hire up until they furlough. Even in the remote chance UA/B6 merged (or anyone else), hiring would continue to support both operations for a while, until things such as divestiture/routes/fleet were ironed out, which can take years.