Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
This statement is false. The Frontier/Republic merger proves that. 2001-hire Frontier captains were merged in with 2004-hire Republic captains that were making less than the Frontier captain's first officer. Given that our regionals are now flying the equivalent of DC-9's, merging with them would not be a straight staple. Straight staples do not happen anymore. There are no exceptions to that rule.
Here's a little bit of heresy, but would that be so bad? Would absorbing 1300 Pinnacle guys to bring that flying back in house be too much of a sacrifice? As a bottom of the list guy I would be the most impacted by more people coming on top but it might be worth it to recapture outsourced small jet flying. It might not even go to arbitration. Cut them a good enough deal and we could avoid that wild card.
Frontier/RAH is not a totaly valid example. Frontier was a distress sale.