PURELY a HYPOTHETICAL question? Not looking to flame, or wish ill will on any airline pilot in the industry. (i.e. Not drooling over AA's jobs/network.)
What would happen to the pilots, in the event that AA was pieced up and sold to the "highest bidders"? Say, for example purposes, US Air gets the East Coast network, Delta gets Miami and DFW, United gets ORD, and Alaska gets pieces of the West Coast network. Again, what happens to the pilots?
Do they get transferred with whatever piece is being sold? How does a company decide what part of the pilot group was invested in the intangible pieces of the company sold? (i.e. How do they determine who belongs to the Miami/DFW network and who belongs to the ORD piece?)
I'm assuming that similar instances happened to Pan AM/Eastern, but haven't been around the industry long enough to have experienced those losses of great cultures/companies, so was curious as to the "what happens if" scenario of AA being pieced and sold in parts.
Thanks for honest and constructive replies.
GJ