Which just means that the probability of it actually happening are now very high! ;)

takeaway from that is many parties might be interested after bankruptcy

...Oh that guy. He's never lied before

He is just angry that B6 can't acquire Breeze, which was his whole intention of starting Breeze just so he could come back and control what he founded. "Neeleman never fails"...some Blue Juicers (Jetblue company cool aid guys) say.......which is only true if you don't count his failures.

His whole "success" formula only works with cheap, at-will labor.

UA not interested in JBs debt. There are ways to remedy that, mainly a prepackaged Ch11 filing with UA as a DIP provider and post-BK merger partner. The process would take 4-6mo allowing enough time for DOJ/DOT review under this current administration. I think the biggest hurdle to this plan would be Icahn/Galkin who own a combined ~18% of JBLU stock and would be wiped out during a Ch11 scenario.

B6 has around $9B in debt. Optimistically, they can maybe wipe out $3B, maybe $4B? That’s still $5-6B of debt. Add up all the M&A costs UA would have to shell of their own pocket to integrate every single part of B6 over multiple years (that could otherwise be done organically). Onboarding a whole new fleet of A220’s alone is a costly endeavor. Re-painting & re-configuring too. How many times now has SK openly put down the idea of a merger? Several times now.

SK wants very certain B6 assets that cannot be achieved through a merger. Spirit likely to liquidate this year and best case scenario for UA or any other major would be B6 going Ch7 asap to divvy up the assets.

I agree. I think Bastion largely pointed to the consolidation to come largely being focused among the smaller players, I don't think any legacies will be outright merging with or acquiring any of the distressed or smaller players. I think it's more likely that one or more of Southwest, B6, F9, and AS are involved in mergers or acquisitions with each other or with carriers like Breeze. The leisure/VFR/economy stuff is beyond saturated, and that's where my unintelligent guess would be as for where consolidation is focused.

Can’t see anything happening in the high fuel environment. I am curious, if some acquisition were to happen, what would make sense and why?

While in an acquisition of B6 by UAL, I will most likely have depression and suicidal thoughts or actions…..so I’ll talk to my doctor before taking Cymbalta……but one silver lining is we may actually start flying the Airbus…….the way an Airbus is supposed to be flown and not making up our own way ……which not only is annoying but kind of borderline unprofessional

Welcome to United. So flying the Airbus like the FM states is unprofessional? When an airline has multiple type aircraft call outs get morphed. The Boeing fleets weren’t happy either.

By the way are you from Missouri?

Your response is the classic knee jerk response that anyone old and senior says when an improvement and/or enhancement either operational or contractual exists in the industry pointed out by someone less senior. I mean I get it, it will hurt your ego too much to admit there might be validity to it.
I've been at United long enough to get used to it. Doesn't mean it's the best way. I love when an FM revision comes out, and during the town hall, where the genesis of the changes is referenced. Recommendations from the manufacturer (Airbus) is like always the last.....I think that says it all.

I will not reveal where I am from, but know that it is not Missouri.