Originally Posted by
Aero1900
Not sure what you are talking about.
Google mergers blocked by the Biden Administration. There's multiple pages of examples. This merger is definitely no guarantee.
Originally Posted by
turbojet28
Completely agree with this. My worry, though, is that logic won’t matter because we are dealing with an administration that makes nonsensical, knee-jerk decisions all the time. They don’t use facts and logic, they use fairy dust and unicorns to make decisions, and then gaslight the public about it when they get called out.
The DOJ cannot unilaterally block a merger. Just like the American US Airways merger which the DOJ opposed, they couldn’t prevent it. If the DOJ opposes a merger, the parties to the merger can fight it in court where a judge decides. That’s what happened with the American/Airways merger. The DOJ’s argument and data didn’t persuade the judge into thinking it violated antitrust laws and so it was approved with minor concessions.
Originally Posted by
FNGFO
The SLI will be arbitrated as they all are.
I though that the SWA/ATN merger did not got to arbitration? I do know that the ASA/XJT SLI didn’t. It was mutually agreed upon by the merger committees without the use of a mediator, let along an arbitrator.