AWAC (Eastshore really) got rid of it's remaining 3 million shares almost a year ago...this isn't something that came up just recently due to "merger mania". Or maybe it was, the owners seem to have a good pulse as to what's going on in the airline world.
In regards to our SE taxi procedure, we have the lowest engine mx costs in the industry. This translates to a direct savings to the codeshare partner in terms of reduced total costs. I agree we need some sort of common sense applied here, as in sitting in line inching forward for 45 minutes with 2x engines going...no I agree that doesn't make sense.