Originally Posted by
Purpleanga
I doubt that all of the airlines will pursue that especially now when they need cheap labor. No doubt a BK would mean downsizing but ultimately the company will not liquidate, some aspects of Mesa are still valuable particularly the CRJ9 and maybe even the GO! operation. UA already gave out a bid proposal for Mesa flying at least that's what some were saying here.
I doubt they would survive a BK filing...I'm betting two or even all of their partners would use the BK as an excuse to dump them as a means of getting a free capacity reduction.