Originally Posted by
bababouey
You are right on every point. However, we have wide bodies and the associated pay scales, that will interest a few of you. I want no part of a merger, but that’s the only way I believe my company survives. That sli will make west-East look like a sorority pillow fight.
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Wide body aircraft certainly were valued by many pilots previously. Now they will be viewed as a double edged sword. Yes higher pay, but also make a company vulnerable when they make up a large proportion of a company. Like it or not, COVID19 likely changed the way humans/countries view pandemics. It's very possible that countries go into lockdown (with respect to international travel) much sooner when a new virus starts to circulate. United is hurt very badly by this pandemic because they have a disproportionately large international fleet. Before Covid, that was an attractive quality, now it is, and it isn't.
Fortunately I do not yet see an AA+JB merger and hope it stays that way with the current known knowns.