Originally Posted by Windsor

Speaking from prior experience, a merger would be very bad for us in terms of getting a new contract. At my prior airline, while in negotiations, the parent company bought 2 other airlines. We operated under our crappy old contract until there was a new joint CBA negotiated. This added several years to the process.
We do not want to go down that path. We need a contract before any sort of merger with Spirit or another carrier not paying legacy wages.