Originally Posted by
Mesabah
This is 100% correct, it is a no go because DALPA and National would be sued by regional pilots looking for a windfall. The ONLY way it could work is if the Delta pilots sued the regional pilots, and forced a legal settlement in court of a staple job for the regional pilots. This can not happen as long as both regional and mainlines are represented by ALPA. One of those groups has to leave the association for the profession to be restored.
It only takes one regional pilot, ONE, to kill the entire deal.
So a merger of an ALPA mainline and an ALPA wholly owned regional, like Delta and Endeavor, there would have to be an integration---stapling, is not allowed?
PS. For the second bolded, would there be a way to preempt that from happening? It would be a shame to see a process that would benefit many be held up by a few.