Originally Posted by
Rightseater73
Its official. The MOU has been inked with Swift. The pilots left at EA have been told to expect a merger starting in early June completed by year end. The EA name will survive and supposedly the certificate will be turned in. Details will be forthcoming by end of month on pay, seniority list intergration, etc. Will be interesting to see who sticks around. EA recently enacted work rules and are paid better then Swift. Turbulkent times ahead as you know, can't please everybody.
The EA name will survive, but the certificate will be turned in? I can't see Swift becoming Eastern, that doesn't make sense if there is no merger, acquisition, etc.
It sounds like Swift is simply taking over the airplane leases.