After the snow job that was the spin put by Darth and his apprentice Maggie about the take over you would have to take anything said by Darth with a grain of salt....
The company has just made another record profit in difficult times and with other airlines folding yet.....doom and gloom again and the only way to fix it is to sell....sorry..I mean merge..sorry slip of the tongue there.
Thankfully the sale act was enacted and wisely so....