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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
The question is.....how long before an acquisition covers the SWA schedule. Wouldn’t the regulatory approval take longer or just as long as getting the MAX back?
That's the point.
If they'd prefer to grow organically, especially with our current economy, then the only reason for an acquisition is to save face and lessen the blow from the max groundings... The problem is, how would it work? If customers buy Southwest tickets but another airline flys the passengers then they're code sharing - are there contractual limitations on that? How would the unions respond?
Whoever they buy will have a schedule to fulfill in the short term. Sure, eventually those shedules will be satisfied and the airlines will operate as one, but again, if this is a band aid situation how does an acquisition benefit Southwest if they can't get the merger done before the Max comes back on line?
The Max isn't going anywhere. It'll fly, haters will hate, and passengers won't care.