Originally Posted by
StoneQOLdCrazy
shed debt from lenders/vendors, and artificially reset labor costs to below-market rates..
I can't find a source/details, but there have been changes since 2008 that make bankruptcy much less certain for whacking labor costs.
As for the concessions from lenders/vendors ... the main asset is airplanes (and maybe gates/slots). And they're gonna go to the highest bidder. This isn't the middle of a wordlwide slump where the lender is just happy to have someone paying something every month.