Originally Posted by
LoungeLizardHugo
I'd love to see AS bought out and folded into one of the existing big 3. Always been a weird odd-duck of an airline and in spite of being 75k I have grown to want to fly them less and less. Always reading how great(!!!) they are but never had that feeling myself. Lot of AS fanboys so I know I'll be hammered for saying this.
AA is making some smart decisions to position themselves for the inevitable downturn by this and the LATAM moves.
Be careful what you wish for as AS would likely be gutted if it merged with one of the big 3 and not much would be left.