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Old May 13, 2013 | 10:22 am
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Originally Posted by fishy21
What is your prediction? They burned $18 million in Q1 and only have $56 million of UR cash left.
I'm a bit incredulous that they're getting the DOT to sign off on thinly-disguised capital injections from SRB. Yeah, sure it will turn into equity that gets matched by more equity raised in an IPO, that keeps SRB's investment under 25%. Riiiiiiiight....

But they pulled that off, so they have a bit more breathing room. That being said, we'll see what the rest of 2013 turns up.

Originally Posted by AA_EXP09
The only interest charges that I have to pay are mortgage debts...
And I can still save quite a bit of money every month.
Right, but excluding a bunch of things you have to do in order to stay in business (like paying taxes and debt service) and then claiming a "operational profit" is misleading. VX is almost 6 years in and counting, and their operations don't generate free cash flow (unlike a number of other airlines)- they are still having to borrow money to stay in business.

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