Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
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Which would get tied up in court in a nanosecond, and unlike Branson/VX, it would be very clear that IAG is holding the puppet strings.
You can't have non-US interests running a US airline (and Branson doesn't run VX, he's mostly on for marketing).
Not true. TPG is a very well established company and has been backing airlines for the last 2 decades. They are not some shell company set up 30 days ago for the express purpose of circumventing US law
Nothing in US law prohibits IAG from sending its managers to the US or even coordinating with the reborn AMR
No one would ever accuse TPG of being a proxy company for a foreign interest. They invested in America West and Continental and the DOJ never blocked them from those investments.