Originally Posted by
9mikemike
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
A merger between AS and SWA is irrelevant. The fact remains that if SWA buys AS (hypothetical) there is no legal obligation SWA has to comply with with regard to us, a CBA, or ALPA for that matter. We would become SWA, become SWAPA, and that would be the end of it.