Originally Posted by
emergencyexit
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.
RLA has ZERO input on whether "pilots go with planes". Its not anywhere in the RLA. The RLA only sets the rules for collective bargaining.
Only ALPA merger policy will apply if any entire entity is acquired. Also ALPA policy can't force companies to automatically take other pilots or any other employees in the event of a fragmentation. The SLI process is ONLY in place IF a company takes on an entire workforce (or fragmented workforce) and lays the framework for seniority integration.
Also MCB, which has been mentioned, doesn't apply to unions that already have an integration process in place. So unless another airline wholly buys Spirit's assets, takes on its leases and just integrates the existing Spirit Airlines into it own operation then its highly unlikely that employees are going to just automatically end over at another airline seamlessly like they would have if the Frontier of Jetblue mergers had gone through.