They ARE involved. Either through a three way merger or just two this WILL affect their careers in the long run. If Jerry doesnt want to merge all three lists and xjt/asa is willing to negotiate you can almost guarantee that there will be a growth clause put into the new contract. I would assume something along the lines of any new flying has to be equally shared between the two companies or block hours transferred to balance the growth. If skywest grows with united flying then they need to transfer delta block hours from skywest to asa... That isnt what we want but that might be where this is forced to go.

Long story short: the pilots of skywest are involved.