Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
I'm saying that the repetitive howling about AS' immediate downfall are just people venting and not a true indicator of the health of the company. It's been repeated for decades. AS was gonna be bought by AA, DL, SW. AS was gonna lose all it's pilots. AS was gonna be decapitated by SW.
Even though Alaska is a very healthy company financially, there are countless examples of very healthy companies being bought by other companies as part of a strategic play as I'm sure you know.
AS had been a big fish in a small pond forever, but I think there has been a paradym shift where now the biggest whales in the industry are very much interested in either totally dominating this NW Pacific/California pond or to just drop the mike and eat us whole.
It just a matter of timing, them being content to wait until the right opportunity presents itself.