I swear these ridiculous rumors of United buying Alaska or merging with JetBlue etc. may as well be a feeble management tactic to stem the tide of attrition, making pilots believe they have a future here. Alaska pilots are not going to be rescued by some mythical merger and back into a great contract. The negotiating committee is working hard on the pilots behalf and it is up to the Alaska pilots to support them by all appropriate and legal means to get the contract we deserve.