Yeah, please don't get us wrong but I hope there are many other factors that you choose Atlantic Southeast. One thing that I just really started to think about is how incredibly large the pilot group will be after this merge. Atlantic Southeast has become a place that pilots consider a career company. Yeah, people complain just like at any other job but it has a lot to offer as far as a regional goes.

It will be a pretty secure place to work and really always has been. Those furloughs that happened recently were the only ones in the history of the company. And everyone here could probably agree that they never should have happened. Management saw everyone else furloughing and decided they would do it too. Right now it has caused more hurt than good back when times were tight.

So to make a long story short, anyone that becomes newly hired and is at the bottom of the list (1%) after the merger needs to expect very little movement if any. Reserve at a regional is like night and day to reserve at a major. Plus you get paid a mostly livable wage at a major compared to years 1-4 at a regional. I can't imagine being stuck on reserve for 5-7 years at a regional but for anyone newly hired I hope we can negotiate something in favor of them. If you can make it past that, maybe upgrading might happen before 12th year pay.

I'm sure after people are stuck on reserve for that long, they would start dropping like flies and the company probably couldn't fill the positions fast enough so something would have to give.

PM if you need any help.