Maybe. What you're describing would be an acquisition of assets with an offer of employment. That would be the worse option (the stick), but instead, I think he'd likely also offer a better alternative (the carrot) IF an agreement is reached and then it would simply be an SLI situation. Acceptance of 12/4 with no grandfathering would seem to me to be at the top of the list. That would make it more likely that more of the senior pilots higher then 12th year scale would to move on to AA and those that wouldn't would all be on a cheaper level playing field, which BTW in the NEC scenario would make for some pretty cheap E-190 captains as many would get the scale raise, but their longevity deduction would more then cancel that out.

It's easy to see the dealer has all the cards and that it's a marked deck, but he's not going to tip over the table to beat you. Just something to consider in deciding whether to put your chips on the table and take a chance.

Do you feel lucky ?