Originally Posted by
STIorSTD
Or you guys could’ve spent the same amount of money to get ~300 NB Airbuses, entire east coast market and Europe gates and slots… but nevermind
In fairness both AS and B6 had pretty headstrong management teams... apparently neither was interested in being the non-surviving HQ. So both went looking for more vulnerable acquisitions. NK in the case of B6, VX & HA in the case of AS.
Obviously worked out better for AS.