Originally Posted by
rickair7777
One concept that comes to mind is to buy the needed airplanes from mesa at a premium (JO will do anything for money), and make a deal to allow any MAG pilot to VOLUNTARILY move over to SKW with new-hire SKW seniority, SKW pay based on their MAG longevity, and domicile fences to protect their relative seniority (ie stay in PHX, stay a captain). They would obviously leave ALPA behind. I think most would jump at that opportunity, just like the several hundred Pan-Am pilots who were allowed to lateral to UAL when UAL acquired pan-am's pacific routes.
This would depend on MAGALPA's fragmentation clause. I don't know what it is but it may prevent that sort of scenario, in which you get stapled to the bottom of the seniority list and leave ALPA behind.