Originally Posted by
KSCessnaDriver
If you think a merger doesn't incite a mass exodus of pilots from 9E, I think you're crazy. It might be the most efficient way to get them on property, but probably not staffing them. How many years did the Pinnacolaba merger take to get over? According to some people, we still haven't...
That's possible. But if I'm Ed Bastian, that would bare little concern to me. Stagnation and wind downs cause exodus. Not mergers. But I know what you mean. Pan Am had 737 FOs become more senior that 747 CAs during their merger with National in 1980.