On 2007-11-18 13:33:02 -0800, Thomas Borchert
said:

Darkwing,

They have to get through the bankruptcy first from what I understand but
Cessna has positioned themselves to buy it.


As I understand it, there are several other bidders, Cirrus among them.

The last thing Cirrus wants is for Cessna to buy Columbia, so they have
been acting as 'spoilers' attempting to disrupt the deal. They don't
really want Columbia for themselves.
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