Count me in among those who thinks Airtran might survive. Airtran needs to optimize its strength and a change of its management team. When all the legacy carriers are cutting back on domestic capacity, now is the chance for a carrier like Airtran to step in grab the opportunity instead of letting it all go to regionals or to foreign carriers.

Every time I tried to jumpseat on Airtran, they have been courteous and accomodating. Quite unlike UAL. I know several people at Airtran and I think they are a great bunch of pilots and flight crew. I will be very sad indeed if Airtran goes out of business. It would be really depressing to think that's a possibility when Airtran just earlier this year looked so promising.