Originally Posted by RiddleEagle18

None of them were bankrupt, hints why I said post c11.

In all of the “recent” legacy mergers one or both of the companies had emerged from bankruptcy in the previous couple years.

cal/ual was only 4.5 years post United emerging from bankruptcy.

amr/us was only a couple months post amr emerging

dal/NWA was just over a year I believe.