Originally Posted by Reservist

The mainline partners have decided not to play nice. Republic has already attempted negotiating with the big three after the pilot contract was signed and they had a realistic estimate of what their costs would be.

None of the big 3 decided to play ball and help avoid a bankruptcy, that was the goal of the negotiations.

American has passed a pilot poaching bonus scheme specifically targeting republic pilots with prior 121 experience not coincidentally that aligned with republics bk filing.

This isn't going to be cut and dry, or clean. They already missed that boat. My opinion is that this isn't going to end well for republic pilots.

I don't know what is going to happen, but i wouldn't assume all is going to be fine and well. This bk filing will counteract the pilot contract in pilot retention/hiring effectiveness, and staffing could cause the company to spiral out of control. Planes that can't be operated will not be retained, that is for sure.