Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If management decides to merge the two airlines 9E would be very foolish to accept a staple. The worst they can do is a staple so why would you not go to arbitration especially given the factors the arbitrator will use.
I would accept a staple in a heartbeat, even more-so, I would fight to be on the merger committee to make sure it happens. The reason is an arbitrated list would lead to massive fences. In fact, a straight staple without fences is actually the best possible outcome in that situation.