I am, however, aware that AA paid out about $2 billion in interest expense on that debt in both 2023 and 2024, and will come very near that this year based on the first three quarters. We’ll know for sure when they announce their fourth quarter financials.

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And that because of their far lower profits and higher debt and debt to equity ratio they are paying higher interest than their legacy competitors. If you hope to convince me that’s a GOOD thing, you are certainly free to try, but I gotta warn you - you got your work cut out for you.

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