The traffic was much weaker than anyone was expecting. My guess is no one knows for sure how bad it was, including the company.

This bankruptcy, they'll emerge from. The question is do they emerge stronger or weaker.

The big carriers are competing much more aggressively now price-wise -- allocating seats to win as much traffic from small carriers as they can. Then, of course, jet fuel prices did hurt everybody last year.

It's a step. They were going to get the certificate someplace. That is just one less thing on the check list.

I didn't think there was an industry in worse shape than the airline industry -- but I have finally found one.

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