Genuine question here, and I honestly don't mean to come across as unsympathetic here (I've been at two companies that have closed the doors before so I know how it feels).

How would things realistically play out with the WO if the likes of AWAC and Mesa can no longer staff their aircraft? Would the WO's simply absorb those bases and flying and crew?

On one hand when it happened to me in the helicopter world I just did a patch change, kept my equivalent seniority and actually got a pay rise. The other time we weren't so lucky.