Originally Posted by
bababouey
Why do these always have to merge? Why can’t we just sell tickets on each other? Alaska has a good balance sheet and will recover before us. They have the same market cap in spite of their relatively small size and regional niche. Doug will pull out the merger papers if he is cornered, but not yet.
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The alaska management team is not going to sell their company to Doug, at least not for any amount he could afford in the mid-term. They like their jobs. Any mutual merger deal would have to be on terms favorable to AS manager careers.