Originally Posted by
BiloxiJack
Suppose the American thing is true and they buy the existing owned airbuses and assume lessee responsibilities for the leased airbii, do the pilots go with them or are we chained to the sinking ss alaska? Has anything like that occurred ever?
It's occurred plenty of times. Pan Am pilots who were on the right a/c went with their planes to Delta and United when Delta bought the Atlantic routes/NE Shuttle and United bought the Pacific routes.
That said, it doesn't always happen. Some airlines have it in their PWA but I don't know if the Alaska one does. I'd expect that to be a lower priority than scope would have been and I understand there's not a whisper of scope in there.