How does merger seniority get handled?
02-14-2026 | 07:01 AM
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Be careful what you wish for. Companies merge looking for “synergies” as well as economies of scale. Base closures aren’t unheard of, resulting in people being uprooted and potentially either moving or becoming commuters against their will.
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A lot of transplanted East Coast people bailed after the Virgin Alaska merger. And because Alaska wanted to be “proudly all Boeing” pretty much everyone from Virgin who didn’t bail ( and many who did) wound up having to get a 737 type.
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A lot of transplanted East Coast people bailed after the Virgin Alaska merger. And because Alaska wanted to be “proudly all Boeing” pretty much everyone from Virgin who didn’t bail ( and many who did) wound up having to get a 737 type.
02-14-2026 | 07:02 AM
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02-14-2026 | 07:39 AM
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02-14-2026 | 08:51 AM
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If we merge, which I doubt, the top 25% of the integration list will be primarily United with some senior JB sprinkled in… middle 50% will be about even, and bottom 25% will lean more United with junior JB sprinkled in with more towards the bottom. Bottom line is nobody happy except the top 25% at United and the handful of senior JB pilots who get sprinkled into seniority’s that can hold WB CA (with some minor fences)… most ****ed off will be the United pilots in the 50-70% seniority range at the time of snapshot… they’ll be upset on how they merge in with JB pilots who will probably be junior to them in total seniority at each company.
Whatever the case we do t have a say…
Whatever the case we do t have a say…
02-14-2026 | 09:12 AM
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With the announcement of the point share with JetBlue, I’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about mergers. Regardless if they hold any credibility, it had me curious, how do mergers typically get handled? How did the continental merger get handled? We’re both carriers Alpa? I understand, or at least I think I do, that the negotiating committees go back and forth, but what would you expect the outcome to be?
02-14-2026 | 09:24 AM
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02-14-2026 | 09:36 AM
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The legislation, known as the McCaskill-Bond statute, was signed into law in December 2007 and is codified at 49 U.S.C. § 42112.
https://vlex.com/vid/seniority-integ...tute-351067646
02-14-2026 | 10:20 AM
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Which is exactly why there are laws that have to be followed.
The legislation, known as the McCaskill-Bond statute, was signed into law in December 2007 and is codified at 49 U.S.C. § 42112.
https://vlex.com/vid/seniority-integ...tute-351067646
The legislation, known as the McCaskill-Bond statute, was signed into law in December 2007 and is codified at 49 U.S.C. § 42112.
https://vlex.com/vid/seniority-integ...tute-351067646
02-14-2026 | 10:30 AM
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If we merge, which I doubt, the top 25% of the integration list will be primarily United with some senior JB sprinkled in… middle 50% will be about even, and bottom 25% will lean more United with junior JB sprinkled in with more towards the bottom. Bottom line is nobody happy except the top 25% at United and the handful of senior JB pilots who get sprinkled into seniority’s that can hold WB CA (with some minor fences)… most ****ed off will be the United pilots in the 50-70% seniority range at the time of snapshot… they’ll be upset on how they merge in with JB pilots who will probably be junior to them in total seniority at each company.
Whatever the case we do t have a say…
Whatever the case we do t have a say…
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