Originally Posted by upndsky

Not knowing any of the details, but I would think that throwing them a financial life line is giving them something in return. Sort of like a package deal: We give you X amount of dollars, you give us X amount of routes, planes or both.

Again, just a WAG, but it would allow JAL to rightsize (ie. downsize) while staying afloat.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot

JAL may be in their version of CH11 very shortly. Maybe DAL will be the DIP. You never know what may transpire. Once we have our deal we are in the drivers seat. If they can starve off CH11 until we sign on the dotted line, that is good, because if give DAL a lot more control for very little money up front.

JAL is rumored to be pulling out of their international markets, if this actually does happen, the leak was made for one reason, to gauge reaction of the world market, et al.