Originally Posted by
Buchanan10
I think a lot of people thought the same thing with Eastern, Braniff, and TWA. And if Wikipedia is right Elliot had a hand in their restructuring did it not? If you look at Elliots past statement with other companies, they are running the same game plan here at SWA as other companies they tried to muscle in. I think everyone should be suspicious of this group.
My point was that a corporate raider's flexibility might get inhibited by .gov if it was looking to significantly screw up air travel capacity. They might get stuck with a white elephant, and no way to squeeze blood from the stone.
Your examples are post-deregulation fallout. I think the last of that was settled with the big BK's and mergers 15-20 years ago, and the rise of the ULCC's.
We're in a new era now. Don't forget the past, but there are differences.