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Old 08-12-2025 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ImSoSuss
And the administration who unnecessarily brought this to court. It was unwarranted and unneeded, but they were very anti-Business. Once the Feds bring something to the courts it is most likely to win no matter who is the judge. 100% on the Administration.
Anyone can sue for anything. It’s up to the justice system to keep nonsense in check. The judge screwed the pooch
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Old 08-12-2025 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Chimpy
Or was it the Greedy Shareholders who turned down F9 for a few dollars more where in the end they got Jack****. Hate on Ted all you want but he literally went on National TV and said multiple times the Nk/JB merger would
not be approved.
It absolutely would have if he had told the truth under oath
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Old 08-12-2025 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by FriendlyPilot
No this is not true. They become a creditor just like anyone one. The secured notes are paid first, then employees up to a maximum amount of money per employee. Until the "senior secured notes" are fully repaid (about $2B) no employee wages would be paid.

CH7 would be bad for employees.
gotcha, always thought it was employees first. I wonder how or if they will pay unused sick or vacation?
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Old 08-12-2025 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Noisecanceller
It absolutely would have if he had told the truth under oath

How would that have changed the plan of the acquiring company and the law?

In the history of approved airline mergers - the parties ALWAYS tailor their plans to satisfy the doj and courts. Therefore they succeed.

If the DOJ says something is bugging them about the details of the merger, all the company has to do is say “ok - we will do X”. Suit dropped or judge approval.

Ever wondered why JB was dead set on sticking to the plan that conveniently bothered the DOJ? Hint: they never wanted it to be approved. Now that was genius. All the while you’re hung up on some judge’s decision as if that was the nail in the coffin. You were NEVER going to be a JB pilot without interviewing there. Spirit was NEVER going to be bought be JB. They wanted nothing to do with NKS.
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Old 08-12-2025 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ImSoSuss
gotcha, always thought it was employees first. I wonder how or if they will pay unused sick or vacation?
you become a creditor and after those above you have been paid you get to split the rest. I’d be VERY worried if I had a significant amount of sick time right now.
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Old 08-12-2025 | 02:07 PM
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What is the interest for Spirit in announcing that basically they’re done for? Who’s going to book a flight on them now?
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Old 08-12-2025 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bluespoon
What is the interest for Spirit in announcing that basically they’re done for?
cause they legally have to
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Old 08-12-2025 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bluespoon
What is the interest for Spirit in announcing that basically they’re done for? Who’s going to book a flight on them now?
They're not allowed to say "it's business as usual please feel free to dump thousands of investment $$ into us." They have to disclose the risks and a major one right now is the fact that they might well be cooked.

I'd like to see some people make cases for why a competitor airline would buy them up right now. Like, actually. What would the pros be of purchasing NK today?
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Old 08-12-2025 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BusDriver2000
cause they legally have to
Well they have to release the numbers but they don’t have to announce that they’re screwed. Good luck getting bookings now.
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Old 08-12-2025 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by afterburn81
How would that have changed the plan of the acquiring company and the law?

In the history of approved airline mergers - the parties ALWAYS tailor their plans to satisfy the doj and courts. Therefore they succeed.

If the DOJ says something is bugging them about the details of the merger, all the company has to do is say “ok - we will do X”. Suit dropped or judge approval.

Ever wondered why JB was dead set on sticking to the plan that conveniently bothered the DOJ? Hint: they never wanted it to be approved. Now that was genius. All the while you’re hung up on some judge’s decision as if that was the nail in the coffin. You were NEVER going to be a JB pilot without interviewing there. Spirit was NEVER going to be bought be JB. They wanted nothing to do with NKS.
This is ridiculous. So B6 just martyred themselves to protect the industry from a combined NK/F9? Now… did they get cold feet near the end of the trial when they figured out just how precarious of a position both B6 and NK were in? Potentially. We’ll never know what sort of shenanigans went on with the involved parties at the end of that trial. But to suggest they just lit hundreds of millions of dollars on fire and spent 2 years mired in an acquisition attempt just to prevent a combined NK/F9 is silly.
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