Originally Posted by
MinRest
Lol that's not how buying an airline works at all. If SWA bought us, it isn' an ALPA to ALPA merger. Ask Airtran how staying ALPA worked out for them. AS would have zero leg to stand on in terms of fighting power. We would be Airtran 2.0 and have to eat whatever they serve us. If SWA could simply staple us, they would. Getting DOH would be most the best we could hope for.
The Southwest that bought Airtran is dead and gone. The myopic loyalty of the Southwest pilot group died with it. The creation of a JCBA comes first and then an arbitrated SLI comes second. The Airtran comparison is apples to donuts…
A merger between Alaska and Southwest is not ever going to happen