Same seniority list, same contract (so same work rules and pay scale), but I'm sure there will be fences up at least to start with.

My biggest concern is what happens at the end of the 45 days, and we haven't reached a deal? It sounds good, sure, but I've seen this company enter "accelerated negotiations" multiple times. At the end.....they still refused to budge on several key issues, so no deal was reached. I like the idea of the 45 day thing, and I realize that there are some financial pressures as well as angry shareholders pushing them on this. However, I've been slapped in the face too many times by this management team to get my hopes up.