Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
We're talking about maybe merging with Alaska, not Republic. Alaska is a career airline that pays well. If we do merge, these pilots deserve respect and will become Delta pilots. Career expectations change daily. Alaska Airlines could easily order some wide-bodies some day if this merger never happens.
So we do an SLI based on what AS might have done before the acquisition, even though there route structure never has suggested the need for such A/C ???