RB4F,
I'm not going to post your entire post, because I don't need to. Let's just say it's a good place to stop this part of the discussion. A lot of the drama still needs to unfold, and our companies may be engaged in normal, healthy competition at the end of it all. It's not like current pilots were consulted on the equity structure of the respective companies, or were conspiring to inject capital on the down-low.
Good luck to you, and I'll see you at the last merger.