The combined airline growth plan isn't going to be for stagnation. Why even merge if that's the case. At the outset the plan was for rapid growth to gain market share via merger instead of a much slower organic growth. Yes, initially there will be a slow down in movement for pilots as they get all the pieces in order to form one airline, after that, depending on the industry, my bet is it will be full steam ahead. As for the engine issue, if Prat can't produce, I have a feeling they will look for another engine supplier. Executive management's job is to negotiate the barriers, and my bet is they are already have a plan of attack.