The only good integration I've seen in a while was NW/DL which was a merger, not a purchase. Just to be fair, if the tides were different and YX was buying RAH you would feel that 10-15 year CA's at RAH also should not be stapled, right? I have a sneaky feeling things would then be different. Both companies are represented by union's so the plumber comparison is not valid. No pilot did this to another pilot. Management did this to a pilot group. What would a company in the private sector that BOUGHT, not merged, do with it's current employees. Answer is whatever it wants to do with the bought employees. It could terminate all the employees and it would be just another day in the business world. We at RAH want the master seniority list, want to improve the contract, want to work together, and have not screwed anyone out of anything.