No, not at all, and I don't see any reference just a story. And references to the AWA/USAir non-merger are disingenuous because that was covered under ALPA merger policy not McCaskill-Bond so it's not the same legal ground.
Assuming it goes down as you say, APA petitions for single carrier status and puts a contract out for ratification. APA cannot just submit any random LCC seniority list they want to start from.
Isn't that what USAPA is doing with their D.O.H List?
If they could, they'd just put whatever was most convenient for them. Which, quite frankly, wouldn't be nic. When it goes to negotiations, McCaskill-Bond specifically calls for the two Unions to negotiate.
No, It calls for 20 days of Mediation, then arbitration with a list in no more than 90 days.
You can't disband USAPA and then do whatever you want,
Again, isn't that what USAPA did to Alpa?
that's what the McCaskill-Bond amendment was specifically created to prevent.
No, it was desigigned to prevent one group from taking advantage of another group. Ex, TWA American, and What US Air East has been trying to do, Unsuccessfully, to the west for five years.
That means USAPA and APA sit down at some point. You can bet USAPA's list which they submit to the negotiations wouldn't be the nic either. I could see an arbitrator starting from the nic if/when it comes to that, but I don't see how APA or the company could impose it.