Originally Posted by
FangsF15
I was specifically refuting sailing's assertion that "No airline would agree to a staple instead of arbitration" as demonstrably false. 9E already has.
But to your point, the only path to that is a disgruntled 9E pilot suing their own MEC. If that's true, what would stop a disgruntled former-9E-and-current-DL pilot (who would be leapfrogged with a successful suit) from countersuing and winning?
And this is what I'm saying. We can argue all day about the nuance of the ALPA merger policy. It's just all an academic exercise because unless AA or UA decides to park all subcontractors, we aren't going to park ours. But let's say Delta suddenly decides they want to bring all the Endeavor airplanes and pilots to mainline. Knowing there will be a potential legal battle and JCBA in-fighting etc, it makes no sense to do a merger. There is no incentive at all for Delta to "merge" the two lists in the same sense as SWA/Air Tran or Spirit/JB.