Originally Posted by
FlyGuy2021
If there was a purchase and merger, the seniority list merger would likely be with an owned regional, not the mainline carrier. It would be much, much cheaper this way. Why put pilots on the list at higher pay levels when Delta can buy them and merge them with Endeavor, or AA with Envoy. Most pilots would not take it and leave, which would be fine.
Interesting concept, and managers might even have role-played such ideas but I doubt it would happen. I think it's too complicated with scope and NB airplanes... in order to SLI the pilots you'd need to put their planes on the certificate, but legacy scope probably doesn't allow that at all.
Originally Posted by
FlyGuy2021
No way a legacy airline would ever merge senioirty lists again. It is massively expensive for the parent airline to do this.
??? Sure they would, just a cost of doing (merger) business. AS and HA are trying real hard to merge right now, and the pilots are spending a lot of time talking (and worrying) about the SLI. Our MECs think it's a real thing, although Biden/DOJ still get a vote.