How does merger seniority get handled?
02-17-2026 | 02:13 PM
#111
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 2,032
Likes: 18
No CAL wasn't hiring, because there was no "CAL" anymore. Don't conflate management's decision to hire and place those pilots on the former CAL side of the still separate operation with "CAL was hiring". That's a gross exaggeration and a SLI "talking point". It didn't work as the Arbitrators saw through it.
02-18-2026 | 05:10 PM
#112
On Reserve
Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 103
Likes: 25
02-18-2026 | 05:13 PM
#114
On Reserve
Joined: Nov 2024
Posts: 98
Likes: 27
02-18-2026 | 05:37 PM
#115
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,192
Likes: 163
“Well, this is a brilliant audience. That’s about how I feel about it, too. I think it’s a unique environment that …where M&A is possible. We’ll see how that plays out. But I do think that this industry would benefit from some.”
I wouldn’t read much into it tbh
02-19-2026 | 04:32 AM
#117
On Reserve
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 8
Likes: 0
The only response to mergers was
“Well, this is a brilliant audience. That’s about how I feel about it, too. I think it’s a unique environment that …where M&A is possible. We’ll see how that plays out. But I do think that this industry would benefit from some.”
I wouldn’t read much into it tbh
“Well, this is a brilliant audience. That’s about how I feel about it, too. I think it’s a unique environment that …where M&A is possible. We’ll see how that plays out. But I do think that this industry would benefit from some.”
I wouldn’t read much into it tbh
02-19-2026 | 06:25 AM
#118
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,192
Likes: 163
Mergers make stronger competition, why would a CEO say that mergers would be good for the industry unless he wanted to be somehow involved in said merger? Obviously it's not an announcement, but it definitely indicates that Scott is interested in mergers happening - and I doubt he means Alaska buying B6.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t see it happening until the mid 2030s after UnitedNext is settled
02-19-2026 | 07:10 AM
#119
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 741
Likes: 40
No CAL wasn't hiring, because there was no "CAL" anymore. Don't conflate management's decision to hire and place those pilots on the former CAL side of the still separate operation with "CAL was hiring". That's a gross exaggeration and a SLI "talking point". It didn't work as the Arbitrators saw through it.
02-19-2026 | 07:35 AM
#120
SDQ Base Chief
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 6,056
Likes: 34
From: 320 CA
That wasn’t Scott, it was the CFO. Maybe it means they’re open to one, but I don’t think it’ll happen until UnitedNext is settled with deliveries, hiring, and network. Mergers are costly and take a lot of time. United can grow organically faster than if it were to merge with another airline. If competitors merge, it’ll take away time and money that they could use to compete with United and it’ll force competitors to get rid of certain things like gates and routes. Gates and routes United could swoop in and take.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t see it happening until the mid 2030s after UnitedNext is settled
Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t see it happening until the mid 2030s after UnitedNext is settled
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
