Originally Posted by
F15andMD11
Really?!
I suspect this didn't come across as you intended...are you saying an airline acquiring aircraft, either leased or purchased, has to also acquire the pilots that used to fly them? Have we offered the Chinese interviews?
UAL bought Pan AM London assets when they went under. Pilots came with the deal as did the 727 London TDY deals. The rest of the pilots were offered preferential interviews.
Read between the lines just a bit. Foreign airlines, Chinese example, some are not unionized. So, no pilots or interviews. But if a bankrupt carrier sold assets to UAL with a union, in the past, some jobs have come with them, as in Pan Am London, or interviews.
Probably wouldn't come to pass, but not out of the question. Especially if they have a pilot union, you can be the question will be asked.