[QUOTE=rickair7777;3992318]Yes you can have SOC first, we've had it for months, still working on JCBA. Unless a current CBA specifies otherwise. AS is enjoying most but not all of the synergies, while enjoying the lower rates on the HA side, plus any scheduling/soft time benefit they have with the AS CBA.

I think one of the issues with SY and G4 will be managements greed. Even though we have little overlap now what we’re doing is so similar any changes post SOC could be seen and contested as disparate growth or alter ego flying. Just a myriad of scope, RLA, and MB issues. They are gonna want to announce new routes quickly after the SOC that’ll be challenging, and if any of that goes to the cheaper labor group I think management is going to run into a lot of issues. That’s also why we need ALPA here, the Toonster truck driver lawyers are completely incompetent when it comes to the RLA, MB, or pretty much any other sort of legal expertise pertaining to the airline world.

with AS and HA at least there is more distinction in the flying with the exception of the Hawaii routes but changes in that would be pretty visible.