Originally Posted by
Rama
Anyone in the pool should look elsewhere if a good opportunity opens. Any hiring at this point puts the pilot at the bottom of the list after AS pilots hired at the same time.
It may work out well in the future, but another legacy offer will likely be a better choice for most.
I lent some advice to a guy on here asking about the pool. Weigh options, be open to other Majors, and unless he was already living out here, don't rely on HA. (then add in COL, current financials etc). That was simply blasphemy to the die hards who believe everything they're told by Koapaka (to save their own hides).
If this merger doesn't go through I'd expect many short time pilots to move on to bigger and better. I have flown with several who have put apps in just in case, and want to beat the others to the punch. If this merger fails, the pilots best case scenario is the company getting cuts to the PWA. Worse case is, well, we all know what the worst case is.