Originally Posted by
Lincoln Osiris
Not to feed the fear mongering trolls but read up on NMB "single carrier" under the RLA and the McCaskill bond statue.
Basically anybody buying parts, who just wants the parts, knows how to avoid triggering single carrier provisions.
There have been a few rare cases in the past where certain fleets were acquired with their pilots, but that's a lot harder today because I'm pretty sure that now you would have to take the pilots in seniority order, even if not qualified on the type. Unless it was a very senior fleet (eg. 777), it probably just makes sense for an acquiring carrier to train/hire internally. Although in the case of NK all the pilots are qualified on the type.