Yaatri

If *A executive committee finds pilots' allegations regarding safety credible, it must act on that information and deny AI entry. If it does not, it would be derelict in its responsibility.

While AI might be guilty of safety violations, pilots allegations alone don't prove that it was/has been/is. Pilots writing letters to *A is indicative of a tactic designed to put pressure on the airline. If the pilots witnessed safety violations, the proper thing to do would be to write to regulatory authorities who have the power to enforce safety rules. It's clearly an attempt to take the fight against the management to another level, to people, with little power except preventing AI's entry to. Would all violations miraculously disappear if management gave in to pilots' demands? Pilots know that joining the alliance is good for the airline, it badly wants to join the alliance, IMHO, this is their last ditch effort to blackmail the airline. Conversely, would pilots be happy, better off, if the airline was not allowed to join the alliance?

If I ran the airline, I would investigate pilots allegations, rectify the violations, punish those responsible for the violations, if allegations were true, and fire the pilots who wrote to the *A, if the allegations were malefic.