Originally Posted by cactusmike

I thought a lot of ATA's problems were caused by the purchase of all those new Boeings at expensive rates. Their costs went above what it would take to compete with SWA out of MDW. When AWA was in talks to purchase ATA those were some of the discussion points.

Tague would certainly be familiar with the AWA side of USAirways, I'm sure the financials were exchanged and he knows the people involved.