Sudden Twang: you are right in everything you say. Of course there has been one court ruling over the legality of an airline integration, the BCAL merger on DOJ, the complainants lost and such a merger was ruled lawful.
Notwithstanding subsequent changes in legislation, this would be a relatively safe road for a company to take if they wanted to minimise the chances of a successful legal challenge to the method of integration. It does open plenty of other cans full of worms though!
Last edited by max nightstop; 3rd Feb 2012 at 10:19.