Originally Posted by
DOGIII
Why would they be forced back to FO? They could choose to stay in status and base on the rj. I cannot imagine many senior pilots would bid down to the rj and force these captains to an FO position of any kind on a different bird and even if they did- there would be plenty of junior rj captains leaving to the right seat of the bigger planes which would practically level the bid.
I think people are stuck in a "flow" mentality here. The hypothetical proposition I am offering for debate in this thread is neither a flow nor a traditional staple to the bottom of a list- it is folding in the entire carrier (pilots, fleets, bases and lines etc.) to the major airlines ranks, generally keeping the operation intact.
Once you fold that flying into the major you have to be able to do it with costs in line with the rest of the industry. If not the flying goes away and quickly.
If a major wants to control all flying it would be cheaper and with dramatically fewer ancillary issues to simply stop renewing feed contracts and ad the flying to the mainline. There is no need for the night mare ever merger seems to become.