The point is that the don't have a contract...their pilots have to do whatever scheduling tells them in fear of getting fired. If you don't have a union that is willing to back up the contract, in essence, you don't have a contract. They are a weak pilot group. Again, WE TRIED to unite with them. Uniting with them and merging lists do not have to both happen.

Since the GJ pilots are 1) a weak pilot group and 2) have no interest in merging lists (because they would mostly be junior to the TSA crews), the ONLY way to merge lists is a hostile takeover via our contract (yes, there IS a way to do this. it is why TSA ALPA never appealed the original court decision).

How did Mesa integrate Freedom? Not by uniting.