Yes, they are two distinct different companies under US law. It's the same setup Delta has with Comair and had with Compass and XJ. We were banned from filing a PID to force an integration because under law we were not eligible to be Delta pilots. Management chooses how they want to operate these companies together, not the union or the pilots. In our case they chose to operate us a 2 different companies under one contract and one list. Neither company has an advantage over any other. That's why most likely the arbitrator will integrate the three lists by relative seniority.