Originally Posted by
Lincoln Osiris
Yep you are just full of "important details". "Someone can take the planes, they don’t have to take the pilots. There’s no good reason to either."
A 363 asset sale. How do you think AA bought TWA for 500mil?
"Most likely scenario here, we will go to the highest bidder for cheap. That debt will not transfer.
and neither will the pilots"
"I still don’t understand how someone can think a merger will happen? Merge into what? Nobody wants any part of a company that owes $6.5b and loses $100m a month."
"Not when they aren’t getting their jobs back. Not the same boat."
Do you remind every FO you fly with that they won't have jobs soon like you seem so obsessed with doing on here?
No need to direct frustration at me—I’m not “obsessed” with anything. I just think it’s important to see the bigger picture. In many acquisitions, pilots may
not automatically transfer over, and their employment often depends on negotiations under the RLA or other regulations.
I’m not trying to scare anyone or suggest that jobs will be lost arbitrarily. I simply want to highlight the
realities of how airline mergers and acquisitions COULD work. A buyout does
not automatically guarantee your job, and understanding that upfront is not doom-saying—it’s being informed.