I agree 100% with your post.
The thing that has rocked my boat is the lack of education of what MB and AM is and how it CAN NOT tell a company how to run it's business.
So here we are faced with the biggest challenge in our companies history. This acquisition will make or brake this company. I truly believe that AT will step up and put their former airline to rest and we will be one.
The one thing that I dislike, is the ALPA mind set. It is unfortunate that The majority of the airline industry is soaked in this mind set.
Has ALPA done good for the industry? Yes! But they have become a big corporation of making money off pilots and destroying airlines. It's called GREED. I DO NOT WANT THAT MIND SET AT SWA. I have been very vocal about that in DALLAS.
Is SWAPA perfect no, but the boy's and girl's that are there are trying like hell to not only help us pilots but preserve the success sharing mind set. This is a culture of it's own.
If there is a bad apple at AT and we know we have them too, I bet they can and will change once they are treated like a person and a professional, but in a fun way.
So we are faced with "taken the higher road". No matter how the sli will come out, I will have fun with my new co-workers. If we foster a fun environment we will overcome.