Originally Posted by Excargodog

Yep. Very real chance that B6 will be buying mainly airframes, an order book, and some relatively senior CAs if the deal actually goes through at all unless something is done. Even people who really like it here are putting in apps elsewhere. When you don’t retain enough FOs, upgrades slow to a crawl, and those who do upgrade are stuck in eternal reserve, flying with FOs that only have a few hundred hours in type on the least desirable routes. That ain’t the kind of career progression most people want.

Perhaps that’s the management plan, allow the place to go into the crapper, have B6 back out of the deal, and then go back to their sweetheart deals with F9.