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Chimpy 03-18-2020 03:19 PM


Originally Posted by Andy (Post 3003093)
A bit concerning. Take some azzhole like carl Icahn, who bled a ton of cash out of TWA. He could go in and buy controlling interest in the company and then leverage everything to the hilt, pumping up the cash balance. Then he would turn around and do a 'special dividend' which would cover his initial buy in. Or a myriad of other strategies to bleed an airline dry.

It's not a concern at the moment because no one's going to loan him a bunch of money on airline assets. But if the industry starts recovering, it will be something to be concerned about. And this applies to all airlines, both big and small. Smaller is easier, but big is also possible.

But this is not the 5 meter target; we have other things to worry about in this industry right now.


yeah, if we do make it out the other side of this I can’t imagine we don’t get bought or merged.......

(though if Spirit does get Govt Money, not sure how that would play out)

Andy 03-18-2020 06:23 PM


Originally Posted by Chimpy (Post 3003101)
yeah, if we do make it out the other side of this I can’t imagine we don’t get bought or merged.......

(though if Spirit does get Govt Money, not sure how that would play out)

I expect everyone to get money or assistance on debts. I don't see this as an issue.
When this ends, it's the scum like Icahn that we'll have to worry about for a while.

Andy 03-20-2020 10:03 AM


Originally Posted by Chimpy (Post 3003101)
yeah, if we do make it out the other side of this I can’t imagine we don’t get bought or merged.......

(though if Spirit does get Govt Money, not sure how that would play out)

Well, it looks like a Vulture capitalist is going after United debt. This would allow them significant leverage in a bankruptcy filing. Not good for the lazy U. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apoll...132855630.html

Apollo are a bunch of scumbags who will bleed a company dry if they get control; no better than Icahn.


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