Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Be careful what you wish for. Companies merge looking for “synergies” as well as economies of scale. Base closures aren’t unheard of, resulting in people being uprooted and potentially either moving or becoming commuters against their will.
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A lot of transplanted East Coast people bailed after the Virgin Alaska merger. And because Alaska wanted to be “proudly all Boeing” pretty much everyone from Virgin who didn’t bail ( and many who did) wound up having to get a 737 type.
Yup. I ended up moving from NJ to CA and from an A320 to B737. But in the end, we are a far stronger company, make tons more money, actually feel stable, and now another merger introducing WBs.
Not everyone can move though, and we still have many guys that commute from the east coast to west coast bases at AS that are former VX.