That's mergers and negotiations in general. Best advice, worry about flying the planes and check in every six months or so on the finances. Living day-to-day with the airlines will shorten your life span.

FTR, I'm not on any Kool Aid, I'm just a realist who see's it for what it is. Past 3 years have sucked, but also seeing how packed every flight I'm on is generally means to me we are trying to pay off as much 1 one time acquisition costs to lower taxes and lower pilot expectations.