Originally Posted by sfozrhfco

While you may not like it, NK/B6 still makes way more sense and fits into the long term vision of what B6 wants to be. It instantly gives them nationwide coverage and the planes/employees it needs to be a nation-wide and potentially global carrier. AS's management team has been flailing since the VX acquisition and has run out of options so it is again overpaying for an airline--except this time, what does this actually bring them? Literally nobody has been saying--wow, the biggest hole in AS's network is West Coast-Hawaii. If only there were a way to get an incompatible fleet, lay off a bunch of Hawaiians, and add yet more service to HI from the PNW. Give it a few years and they will figure out how unprofitable most of HA's network is, gut it and move the remainder of the carcass back to SEA. SFO went from the top 10 cheapest airports to purchase flights from pre-acquisition to the top 10 most expensive now. Hawaiians can look forward to higher fares and less employees that are based in HI. Meanwhile the management team can spin their wheels for the next 7 years trying desperately to prop up their tanking stock price, turn to cost cutting to get out of it, and avoid having to make any strategic plans for their network.