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10-22-2018 | 12:17 PM

#191

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

Bull$7!t. You’d be a lot smaller than the Legacies when they got married.

I certainly took it as sarcasm.

10-23-2018 | 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ImperialxRat

He probably meant we would be too big for AK management to handle the new company. Too difficult to manage things outside Seattle when that large.

AK management can't handle the current company.

10-23-2018 | 12:40 PM

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Probably because if you join a rudderless ship(JetBlue) to another rudderless ship (Alaska) you just end up with more momentum as drift onto the rocks and breakup....Essentialy what some wall st type said

10-23-2018 | 02:06 PM

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I have to agree here. Although, we at JetBlue have one very strong asset. See our president, she likes to talk about our great culture,

but let me tell you something. We have a Potato farm in New York, BAM! Just imagine the brotherhood if we could have one in Seattle as well. Holy crap, that would be coast to coast awesomeness and the administration would not be able to resist!

All kidding aside, I still believe we will all be the last to find out via the press release if something does happen.

10-23-2018 | 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ImperialxRat

He probably meant we would be too big for AK management to handle the new company. Too difficult to manage things outside Seattle when that large.

Ah! Point made.

10-24-2018 | 11:01 AM

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I have to agree here. Although, we at JetBlue have one very strong asset. See our president, she likes to talk about our great culture,

But do you have secret sauce?

10-25-2018 | 02:30 AM

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But do you have secret sauce?

no...

but we have a sweet spot and a moat!

10-28-2018 | 08:12 AM

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Hoping for a miracle at this point...

10-28-2018 | 12:52 PM

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As we’ve seen with this merger even if we buy/acquire/acquired by some other airline, it would still be 3 yrs before fully integrated and able to bid across to a Midwest/east coast base. As positive as I was, I don’t think this place is looking to merge or buy anyone else right now. On the same token I don’t think any other carrier is looking to merge/acquire with AS. The big 3 seem to be doing just fine. Hopefully we merge with jetblue or SW down the road.

Unmerged airlines:

Hawaiian
Spirit
Frontier
Allegiant
Sun Country
JetBlue

They’re all doing fairly well as standalone carriers so would it take the next economic downturn to see more mergers? Who knows. The only constant is change.

10-29-2018 | 12:15 PM

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An Alaska/Sun Country merger makes sense. The size of the two airlines allows Alaska to keep its "hometown" culture, while integrating an identical fleet and providing an eastern hub.