The point of the new federal law is no stapling, ever again. So nobody is going to get end up like TWA...entire labor group stapled then furloughed

Even though the law requires fair and equitable, the devil is in the details and one man's fair may not be another man's equitable. Any group undergoing a merger SLI will need some leaders with their stuff together, for sure. But in a merger-SLI union or non-union status is no longer relevant (unlike AA/TWA)...each group gets a seat at the table and a vote.

That's the whole point of the law...after the AA/TWA merger, alpa refused to represent the TWA group leaving them unionless and at the mercy of APA.

NMB will have to give SKW pilots a seat at the table...whether that would have anything to do with SAPA I don't know, but for merger-SLI a certified union is not required. I imagine with no union, SKW pilots would get to vote to select people to represent them in that scenario...and it might end up being MM and company (probably a good thing IMO).