Originally Posted by
116d
And if two of your major suppliers and an airport where most of your operations are prepared to show their support and apply pressure, you would be silly not to leverage it.
I also like to think we're behind the days when Laker were finally forced out of business due to McDonnell-Douglas and GE withdrawing their rescue package because other airlines threatened to never buy their products again if they went through with it.
You are being a bit simplistic there. The McDonnell Douglas rescue plan for Laker was that McD would become a part-owner of Laker. The other airlines then said, if McD owned Laker, they could no longer discuss confidential business with them as McD would also be a competitor.