Originally Posted by
nibake
I'm guessing that you're not a part of either airline in question and are here in part bc your the head honcho here on the forum. So far you have contributed a lot of insight which is very cool for both pilot groups who are facing a steep learning curve. Thank you for that.
I've lived through one merger and am living the second in less than a decade. You learn a few things, whether you want to or not. Hopefully sharing is useful.
Originally Posted by
nibake
And the most recent SY CBA has been designed around a lot of our unique features, so that's likely to come into play. AQP is one example that alone could be a show stopper. SY CBA requires AQP, G4 doesn't. How then do you get the certificate without either first getting a JCBA, or maybe bringing G4 onto an AQP? Things with the FAA seem to go pretty slow.
That would complicate SOC, although the work around is simply keep two 737 fleet operations, along with two pilot groups, in the interim. FAA won't care for that, and won't let it be a permanent thing.
JCBA would have to reconcile that, I can pretty much tell you that it's going to AQP for everyone, especially 737's. While the company might want to just remove SY from AQP the FAA will not like that, they want *everyone* on AQP and are unlikely to want to allow the SY operation to revert to the old system.
Originally Posted by
nibake
If somehow it were successful, imagine the nightmare of trying to running dual CBAs with all that is entailed there. Anyway, there is a lot to unpack, but feel free to bookmark this and see how I did regarding certificate integration 3 to 5 years from now.
Dual CBA's will not happen long-term, unions can simply petition for single-carrier status. Unless the company just wants to own and operate SY as a *completely* separate airline AND *both* CBA''s have no scope.
Originally Posted by
nibake
I'm learning a lot from the information you all are posting here and will try to contribute a bit more as well.
It would behoove everyone to get as smart as possible on this stuff. Especially if the MEC and IBT aren't very experienced with airline mergers.