The one thing I wonder about the Frontier Pilots Union is if they are in communication with the Midwest Pilots Union to figure out if there's a way to block republic from scabbing the Frontier flying with republic E-190 jets. It's only taken republic a short time to run all the Midwest guys out of a proper airline job in favor of regional wages on republic (mainline-sized) regional jets. I fear the same fate for the Frontier pilot corp.

If this is allowed to continue, the happy-for-now republic pilots will also be replaced in a few short years by a lower paid pilot group as the precedent has been set here by management. (beautiful for them)

The management's will all blow sunshine until the deals are done with the courts and their bonuses are paid out, just to keep the troops docile.

Wait until about six months from now when that first E-190 starts flying that F9 route out of DEN.

What's the Frontier Pilot Union going to do then? Negociate? What leverage did the Midwest guys have or not have?

Also as an aside, the Frontier Flight Attendents had better vote in a union in the next month or so or IMO they'll all be on the street post-merger. It's amazing how that group has been convinced all these years that they don't need a union. Their relative bargaining weakness has benefited the pilots and mechanics, so I guess it's good for pilots.

-Chief Ouray.........