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Worth mentioning, btw, for those sticking it out at B6, even if we went tango uniform and completely evaporated and ended up on the street, ALPA gives preferential hiring to furloughed union pilots, and the majors will have a solid need for pilots for at least the next decade. Not saying don’t go now if you’re on the fence, but again, I think the chances of any given pilot being SOL and having to go learn a trade just to scrape a buck is about 0.
ALPA preferential treatment only got about 7% of Eastern pilots a job at United after Eastern closed. Not sure how many other ALPA carriers took. I think most of them ended up at other carriers, eventually. United would have hired those pilot probably anyway, it just got them hired sooner.
The only downside would be the 9 months without a paycheck, since that's the current wait for a new hire class, and the lost seniority at NewCo. Guys that are leaving now are going from LCC to Major without missing a paycheck and more in control of their lives.
I think some guys are waiting for the "impending" acquisition, so they can keep their CA pay and just transition into a new seniority list without starting over. I do not think B6 is at risk of going anywhere for a while.