Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Where did he say anything close to what youre insinuating? He basically says that the other airlines are probably taking a wait and see attitude when it comes to making moved because of the fact there could be a large swing in the domestic air travel market very soon. You dont think UAL, DAL, SWA, or AA are all watching to see if they will have to deal with a larger JBLU, a huge ULCC or status quo as before? Of course they are.
I wasn't saying anything about NK's survival; you're correct.
But none of the three airlines can make any long range plans until this merger issue is resolved.
F9 and B6 are going to have different long range plans depending on whether or not they acquire/merge with NK.
NK is going to have different long range plans depending on whether or not they merge with either airline.
Other airlines can move forward on their long range plans; I don't see significant impact from either merger. There are some impacts at the margin - for instance if B6 and NK merge, they'll likely walk away from a lot of EWR gates/flights (just one example I can think of off the top of my head).
Things like new city pairs, aircraft orders, and staffing are likely on hold at the three airlines until this is resolved.
Short term (day to day) operations aren't impacted by this delay, but long range plans can't proceed until each airline knows the end result of this merger.