If we merge I can see 3 to 5 year fences so no Mesaba pilot or Compass pilot will get ****ed that someone else took their seat

I highly doubt that we will merge, that would make it harder to spin off Compass or Mesaba and keeping two separate certificates.

A rumor I heard is that NWA will sell Compass ala ASA to Skywest so they will get E175 and keep them separate and eventually bring some E175 to Skywest