Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Well no, step 1 for any merger with AA is Chapter 11. Your company is not a viable ongoing concern. No merger can fix that.
JB on the other hand is the 2nd best airline financially. If JB hitches it's wagon to AA at this point it would be criminal financial misconduct of the highest order.
Go through BK, get your own house in order, then threaten us with a merger if it makes you feel better.
You nailed it Blue. No way Jetblue execs could voluntarily merge with American pre-bankruptcy. That would be a slam-dunk lawsuit by Jetblue shareholders. The only way it could happen is if Doug somehow put together enough money to buy Jetblue. I'd say that would be impossible but a bankrupt AWA bought USAIR who then bought AMR. Doug, like Neeleman thrives in adversity but neither were meant to be at the helm during normal times.