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Boeing Aviator
It wasn't the 70’s. United bought PanAm’s Pacific operation in 1985 and Delta bought the Atlantic in 1991.
What you’re referring to above referencing the A220 is exactly what occurred with Pan Am in Delta’s Atlantic acquisition. By far, the most senior airplane at PanAm was the 747. The A310 was relatively junior and there weren’t that many 727’s and it was the most junior airplane. Other than the 30 pilots referred to in a previous post above (that nearly instantaneously re qualified on the 727 off of the 747). The vast majority of PanAm pilots they went to Delta in the acquisition were relatively junior.
It seems you are very familiar with the nuances......notwithstanding the more recent one still is over 30 years ago. A lot of mergers and acquisitions have taken place since then as such more recent precedents have been set. Certainly an acquisition of JetBlue is possible, a partial acquisition of one of their fleets and a part of their pilot groups is significantly less so.