You're right, and when you think like management, why would you deal with any form of a merger? They'd potentially be interested in certain pieces such as delivery slots, but not the whole pie. If Spirit would get to CH 7, others would just pick the bones. Aircraft returning to the lessor would then be available for others to rent/purchase. Airbus could also reallocate delivery slots to the highest bidder, however none of this would trigger any type of fragmentation or merger clause. When it comes to the crews, they wouldn't be restricted to any seniority order or requirement to take everyone either. They would be free to hire only those that they wanted which would provide a ready pool of experienced pilots that they could sift through and not have to draw from their regional feed. Hopefully it never gets to that point though.