Who knows, .gov might even approve an emergency merger, just to keep the metal in the sky.[/QUOTE]

This was my thought…now I know the government doesn’t have to be logical in any way, but if they are saying that Spirit and JetBlue cannot merge in an effort to protect the lower income consumers, wouldn’t it make sense for the government to offer some financial or regulatory support if those actions lead to the demise of said airlines? How can they say they want to protect those consumers and then shortly after say nah, **** those same consumers. Politics is a nasty game.