Originally Posted by Nantonaku

You've been at Endeavor how long? Of course you would take a staple. Why would someone with 15 years seniority doing the same flying as another pilot at another ALPA carrier want and/or agree to be stapled behind someone with 1 month of seniority? Not everyone is 26 and still living in their parent's basement and can afford the seniority hit. There is a reason the SSP participation rate was so low. Comair was probably right at the time to try for more and so would any other airline getting bought by another airline. And this is why there will never be a staple or a merger of a regional into a major airline.