Originally Posted by
9thAmendment
In this case we don’t need time to tell, I can tell you with 100% certainty that SWA is not going to buy Spirit. SWA has made several public statements over the past year that they are going for long haul international and premium. Buying Spirit would cost an huge amount of money and accomplish nothing for those goals.
In any merger you have to ask yourself- what does it accomplish?
SWA gets more by letting spirit die than they do by acquiring them. I don't mean to be heartless, I hope every spirit pilot lands on their feet, but putting hope in a rumor will only disappoint you.
If they merged, SWA would gain marginally useful gates/slots and a highly leveraged fleet of airbuses that do the same thing their current fleet does. In addition, they would be on the hook for whatever comes out of ch11.
I am hopeful that someone can pull a rabbit out of a hat and get you guys through this thing intact, but I know what I would be doing if I worked there...