Originally Posted by
Pilotpip
Mergers are never good for pilots. Sooner or later redundant routes are removed, fleets are reduced, and pilots are furloughed. If you don't think this affects you as a regional pilot, you have a lot to learn.
I challenge you to find a merger/buyout in the last 20 years that has been to the collective pilot group's advantage.
Historically this has been VERY true. However, what may be different today is that load factors are at ridiculous highs...system wide, there is simply not THAT much extra capacity left to trim. A little here and there, but not nearly so much as in the past.