There is something that has always baffled my mind about airlines. Pilots overall view of each other. I don't look at another airline and see flying for myself. I see another pilot with a job to feed his family.
It sucks and in the current business world if your not growing then your shrinking, and growing is at the expense of someone elses job. The more future industrial standards show down sizing on all fronts. So, if one gets the X we all lose!
If and when United and U.S. Airways merge the overlapping of routes and ground stations would be so great that everyone who flies them will be affected wholly owned or not. We are all going to succeed or were all going to suffer.
I have met many fine people at PSA and I fly with a lot of good people here at AWAC and I've flown with a few D-Bags here too.
The main thing is we are all in this together. ALPA 4-EVER!!!