Merger? Anyone Anyone
03-17-2026 | 04:40 PM
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How do you know the offer wasn’t “we want your terminals and 100 of your aircraft. We’re going to find a very creative way to staple the 1000 pilots we keep of yours. Take it or leave it.”
You guys always think the C suite will reject anything short of themselves keeping their current jobs….I don’t see it.
You guys always think the C suite will reject anything short of themselves keeping their current jobs….I don’t see it.
03-17-2026 | 05:48 PM
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How do you know the offer wasn’t “we want your terminals and 100 of your aircraft. We’re going to find a very creative way to staple the 1000 pilots we keep of yours. Take it or leave it.”
You guys always think the C suite will reject anything short of themselves keeping their current jobs….I don’t see it.
You guys always think the C suite will reject anything short of themselves keeping their current jobs….I don’t see it.
After the TWA/American debacle stapling of employees is no longer lawful. I never said I knew the specifics of the visits but after 25 years, 2 furloughs, closing an airline (Independence Air) and watching another former express carrier liquidate ( COEX/Expressjet) I’ve seen different management styles and the one thing that they had in common was a belief that they could go it alone while bleeding financially and squeezing every drop of blood out of what little network they had. Both of those companies had offers to be acquired and they declined, guess what happened. Spirit is going from 200+ airframes to 76. That could very well happen here. Is that better than being acquired/merged and a little pain of assimilation…. You tell me!
03-18-2026 | 05:21 AM
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https://viewfromthewing.com/united-c...avel-falls-50/
So it looks like Kirby thinks we’re worth buying but it’s up to us. So much for the pages of debate about whether there is any value in JetBlue.
So it looks like Kirby thinks we’re worth buying but it’s up to us. So much for the pages of debate about whether there is any value in JetBlue.
03-18-2026 | 05:31 AM
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03-18-2026 | 05:33 AM
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Move along, nothing new to see here. We’re still unlovable.
“At the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference on Tuesday, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said that JetBlue is the only airline worth buying and whether or not United buys them is “in JetBlue’s court.”
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03-18-2026 | 06:25 AM
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Move along, nothing new to see here. We’re still unlovable.
“At the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference on Tuesday, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said that JetBlue is the only airline worth buying and whether or not United buys them is “in JetBlue’s court.”
I think there’s still plenty of value in Jetblue, it’s not like you’re wrong, but there’s nothing new or that’s changed recently, as the article implies. Muckrakers.
03-18-2026 | 07:01 AM
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Yeah my hopes aren’t necessarily tied to a United acquisition, but our current size and scale in the industry feels unsustainable in the medium to long term. We have a serious network and revenue problem that I’m not sure can be overcome organically.
03-18-2026 | 07:09 AM
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There's always the spirit method, which seems more and more likely. Light the furniture on fire to warm the house and come out the other side a 3000 pilot airline.
03-18-2026 | 08:03 AM
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After the TWA/American debacle stapling of employees is no longer lawful. I never said I knew the specifics of the visits but after 25 years, 2 furloughs, closing an airline (Independence Air) and watching another former express carrier liquidate ( COEX/Expressjet) I’ve seen different management styles and the one thing that they had in common was a belief that they could go it alone while bleeding financially and squeezing every drop of blood out of what little network they had. Both of those companies had offers to be acquired and they declined, guess what happened. Spirit is going from 200+ airframes to 76. That could very well happen here. Is that better than being acquired/merged and a little pain of assimilation…. You tell me!
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