as long as the RLA is as it is, the whipsaw will continue. We tried from 2013-2015. One of the pilot groups will always eventually cave for growth, upgrades and new planes vs gradual displacements and threats of Comair II. If we couldn't get all the MEC's and Eboards to say no during an onset of a pilot shortage... then it's not going to happen.
that's my honest opinion from having lived it and being on the ALPA national BOD at the time. Our MEC worked exceptionally closely with the APA during that period. Closer than ever before. If it didn't happen then, it's never going to.
#FactsMatter

that regional you spoke of was about 500 pilots at the time, and Glass offered them the exact same flow Envoy had. It meant their entire MEC would flow within 1 year of signing. Their entire company would flow in under 4 years. The added aircraft would upgrade every FO on property. They got bought. the APA bought bought for scope a few times IIRC. It happens.

Today that airline has over 1850 pilots. Every one of them flowed long before Eagle/Envoy pilots who'd been at AMR/AAG since 2006.