Yeah, it would be interesting if a company like this could be sold to a handful of employees. But I imagine part of the reason this happened is that the CEO fel

Yeah, it would be interesting if a company like this could be sold to a handful of employees. But I imagine part of the reason this happened is that the CEO felt responsible for finding a landing spot for the Airplane team (pun intended). An acquihire accomplishes this, and is probably better for his resume and/or ego as well. But for customers, yeah it would be better if this were kept as a going concern.