In hindsight a look at JetBlue and Spirit's business situation is not promising. JetBlue said last quarter they do not expect to be profitable this year, which would mean year 6 going into 7 of straight losses. How viable would this combined business have been, really? Beyond the elimination of competition, it's hard to see how these two failing businesses, combined, with all the money spent to reconfigured hundreds of Spirit planes and rebrand its assets, could have done much better. Maybe the demise of the Spirit business would have been slowed down, at best.