F9 still in play

[Richard Gozinya]

Believe it!

Of course, watch how SWA is spun as the bad guy, and Bedford doesn't suffer any negative press.

 

[T45Flyer]

I haven't heard anything regarding this... does anyone have any details?

I believe most of this speculation came from a SWAPA BOD meeting last week in which Gary Kelly said that Frontier was still in play. I guess he was kinda stomping his foot up and down in a joking manner, as we should be paying attention. No idea what his real plans are. Buy the whole enchilada, or the 49 percent solution.

 

[Porch]

Republic will likely sell off the assets of F9 that they deem "not needed" as they replace the Airbus with RJ's. SWA will get the pieces we were after in the first place without the hassle of labor unrest. Mark this post and reference it in a few months.

Marked... I said the same thing about 2 or 3 weeks ago trying to convince the F9'ers to stay away from the RAH deal. Those guys are in this to make $$, not friends.

 

[scoreboardII]

when F9 is bought out from under RAH, you are now not "buying F9", you will be buying 49% of RAH which happens to be called F9.

The future of mergers and Aq, have another company buy what you want, change the ratios and then buy 49% later without the people. Brilliant.

Good luck F9 folks.

 

[airlinepilot]

DING! I think we have a winner!!!!

F9 parts might just be worth more than the whole!

If it's true, it's a bad deal for the Frontier pilots, as Southwest won't have to keep the pilots on board.

Imagine that, RAH pockets their money back from their investment in DIP financing, gets all those Q-400's to place somewhere in their fleet, makes some EXTRA money from the sale of the Airbus and gates to Southwest, and the smaller percentage lets Southwest have "preferential interviews" WHEN they start hiring again... sometime in 2012, as they swap Airbus for 737's and their poolies replace the Frontier pilots with the aircraft swaps.

I smell an ATA coming on again... Baaaaaad juju.

 

[N1atEcon]

If this is true Johny S and the FAPA team will go down as making one major error in judgement while trying to save their beloved left seat's.

 

[USMC319]

Maybe its Lynx. Heard they might be for sale.

 

[Lear70]

Maybe its Lynx. Heard they might be for sale.

Why?

That's the best part of the whole deal for RAH. Great regional aicraft, many airlines want to operate them, ready-made crews with no flow-back rights to worry about from F9, and no delivery time waits to get them or lining up financing, etc.

If I were a betting person, I'd bet money Bedford already had a contract lined up for those Q-400's before this deal even was on the table...

 

[MINIME]

Boy if this is true, this could get ugly. I feel for the F9 guys if this has any merit.

 

[snowman]

Bedford said he has not even thought about the future of Lynx. He doesn't like turboprops. sounds like a few will head to wisconson. Lynx sounds like an afterthought to Bedford. Wonder what will happen to Lynx. Southwest would be great for the pilots @ lynx. But that is a bit far fetched...