Originally Posted by
BunkerF16
So basically you never see another merger happening again since they’ll all just be tied up in courts by entities, states and unions who just happen to oppose it. Got it.
I said nothing of the kind. But right now the Big Four have about 80% of the airline passenger business in the US and JetBlue (4.6%) lost a court case while trying to merge with Spirit (4.7%) because it would allegedly undermine competition. That does not suggest it would be easy for them to win a case merging with any of the Big Four. I don’t think you getting snarky about it is going to change that assessment.
As I said, in a bankruptcy situation I could possibly see that happening just as AA merged with US Airways in their bankruptcy:
https://ir.law.utk.edu/cgi/viewconte...20US%20Airways.
or some similar situation, but I think it would take some such situation for any of the Big Four to be allowed a merger in this environment.
But this is America; you are entitled to a different opinion.