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07-03-2020, 10:10 PM

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Hey guys, just curious how the SLI ended up. I did a search on here and all I saw were proposals from both sides. Did it go relative? Who made out better? Thanks!

Not really a topic of conversation....When we finish shrinking by 30% this fall it will likely become one. We appear to be headed back to a single fleet and back to the original 4 bases...At that point it will be a bit ugly

07-04-2020, 04:39 AM

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I’m honestly not trying to troll. I just really have no idea how it ended up. With Alaska joining One World next year and AA starting India, China, and UK out of Seattle, I’m starting to smell a possible merger. I’m interested to know how the younger/newer Virgin America was slotted in to Alaska. I’d imagine it wasn’t straight relative seniority.

07-04-2020, 05:06 AM

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SLI question from an AA guy.

Why do these always have to merge? Why can’t we just sell tickets on each other? Alaska has a good balance sheet and will recover before us. They have the same market cap in spite of their relatively small size and regional niche. Doug will pull out the merger papers if he is cornered, but not yet.

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07-04-2020, 07:22 AM

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I answered your question on the previous page. You just missed that?

07-04-2020, 07:59 AM

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I answered your question on the previous page. You just missed that?

I guess I was looking for more of an explanation. 60/40 only tells a little bit of the story.

07-04-2020, 08:11 AM

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The alaska management team is not going to sell their company to Doug, at least not for any amount he could afford in the mid-term. They like their jobs. Any mutual merger deal would have to be on terms favorable to AS manager careers.

07-04-2020, 08:37 AM

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Would someone be willing to share the award list?

07-04-2020, 08:48 AM

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Would someone be willing to share the award list?

No........

07-04-2020, 08:53 AM

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My recollection was top 1/3 of VX took approx. 22% reduction in relative seniority, next 1/3 a lesser amount, and bottom 1/3 basically DOH.

I would assume that in any subsequent merger the former VX pilots would be "stovepiped" as their current seniority numbers are not reflective of straight DOH or YOS.

Cheers - Rob.