SoCalGuy,

Sorry if I was being cryptic. I was referring to the other US carrier in STAR: LCC. They were down 4.63% today, 1.94% after hours. Everyone else went up. Perhaps three US carriers in an alliance is a bit much?

Hence the term "superfluous". That's what I think the street is thinking, but I don't know. I'm open to any other theory that makes sense.