Us Airways Special Bulletin

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AWA is a well run,

True

and profitable company,

For this past quarter, that's technically true (much like U made a billion dollars after exiting Chapter 11 the first time)

profitable even without the massive amount of fuel hedging that SWA employed,

False. Without their own hedge (AWA), they lose $10 million in the first quarter. Read about it (in any number of places).

and that's with SWA breathing down their necks across their entire route structure.

So why would they want a company who is basically none of the above? It's like a perfectly healthly swimmer strapping an anchor to his/her waist.

America west is far from being on "life support" in comparison to many other carriers, esp. potential merger canidates such as UAL.

Don't drink the 320 Kool-Aide--if Parker could buy United (or even chunks of it) he'd go there long before buying US.