Originally Posted by Hedley

Comparing relative size, JetBlue is small today up against the big 4. Prior to the mergers the biggest legacies all had under 500 aircraft. In that environment a company with 300 aircraft wouldn’t be considered small, but in today’s world it is. JB has a pretty good product and definitely isn’t worthless by any measure, but a debt load of almost $9 billion is a huge hurdle to get over. I look at this like one where an attractive woman is interested in a date. She’s picturing herself as a hottie with things to offer while potential suitors agree that she’s pretty but can’t get past the fact that she has 6 kids and a mountain of credit card debt. I hope that JB can turn things around and return to profitability, but being “saved” by a merger is a strategy that was recently proven not to work.