ohplease!
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Not going to happen. If it were, it would already have been done. There are MANY of us who'd have "transfered" to SkyW long ago if only we'd have been offered the opportunity to make the move at the same relative seniority.So if I'm Jerry, and I know that I need to merge my two airlines, but gosh, I really don't want any unions {I'm Morman after all} and my guys have voted one down three times! What do I do? Well, I can shrink the airline with the union, and destroy their gumption, all the while awarding my non-union morman brothers in Christ! Now when I merge the two together I'll have 3000 happy non-union pilots against 1000 unhappy union pilots! Now I don't have to worry about that pesky union any more.
Are yall finally starting to see the picture a little clearer? .
All Jerry has to do is make the offer and then transfer the associated number of aircraft to SkyW. Say, all 700's & 900's and TADA! He's got the planes that are NOT going to be phased out PLUS the part of the pilot group that wants to free themselves from the debacle that has become alpa....one big happy family. Hell, alpa is threatening to FIRE a bunch of us for THEIR screwup anyway (I didn't get one of the threat letters from MY union "brothers"...I made sure to pay my EXTORTION payments).
Lets see, what would be the down side....
17 bases vs. 1 (sure would hate to be able to live someplace other than ATL)
multiple carrier flying
same pay for flying 700&900 (oops! already do that)
"growth" vs. furlough (hmm)
PBS (oops! gonna get it anyway)
Single management (save $$)
etc....etc.....etc....