Originally Posted by
madmax757
I was still a kid but Pan Am - sold their pacific operations to United. The FO from the Tenerife accident Actually retired a UAL pilot. Other airlines took other bits and pieces but did not take pilots. Didn’t Delta get a lot of Europe slots ?
Delta got their Europe operation including 5th freedom rights in Berlin, if I remember right. My Uncle was a 747 Captain for Pan Am based in LAX. He was one of the last ones absorbed into UAL, and as a kid, I remember my mom telling me that he was worried for a while. Delta did indeed take quite a few Pan Am pilots too. . You probably have a fragmentation clause in your contract that defines how many pilots go with aircraft, in the event of a fragmentation or break up. But I wouldn’t worry about that too much. There is so much demand for airline seats right now, worst case for you guys is a major or legacy scooping you up or merging with you. Frontier is making money and I’m sure your planes are pretty full, if not completely full. Every airline is having operational problems too, and Denver has been especially hard hit with delays lately, even without weather, there have been 2-3 hour delays. I think ATC is really short staffed in Denver and NYC. It’s a headache this summer.
Hang in there guys and girls, I don’t think you have anything to worry about.