Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
One of the dangers of being a wholly owned is mainline can pretty much do whatever they want with you when it comes to increasing or decreasing your flying. DALPA would likely never agree to anything other than a flow or preferential hiring. I can't see Delta paying anything other than new hire wages if they move you over to mainline. Why would Delta pay for a merger where they would have to pay pilots at their present longevity, when they could move the planes over, hire who they want either through a flow or preferential hiring, and start everyone at year one pay. Its all about the cash in the end.
Unions have no say in what it who their airline decides to buy, who they hire, or flow agreements. If it was a merger, an integrated seniority list is decided by an arbitrator if the two parties can't come up with a list on their own. IF there was a merger all pilots would keep their longevity no matter what their new seniority ends up being.