Moby, I do not hate F9 pilots! In fact, I love F9, and I always wanted to work there. My best friend is a pilot there.
I think that a merger between Virigin, Frontier and JetBlue would make them a stronger airline for the future. I believe they would be stronger together than apart. I think that they have fleet commonality, a very different route structures that would work well if integrated.
Together the three of them could really put some real competition against Southwest.