Originally Posted by Excargodog

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Perhaps if the vote actually goes through JB would apply some pressure to try to manage NK attrition. Perhaps not. I’m not all that sure that JB is trying to buy NK for their pilot group. They have a lot of 320ceos that are long in the tooth. They may just be buying an order book of newer and more fuel efficient aircraft and whatever of the existing pilot group happens to have stuck around. Yeah, they too have NEOs on order, but clearly a lot of aircraft are being bought for replacement, not expansion, including replacement of their 190s in the near future.

Which is another thing causing NK FOs to look elsewhere. The days of three year upgrades at NK are pretty much gone for good. You can probably upgrade faster at AA, UA, or DL, if you don’t mind eternal reserve in SFO, LAX, or EWR.