Originally Posted by hscottm
merger or not, plan or not, split ops would have to be the plan starting the day its announced until sometime in the future when they could really strategically change things.
even successful airline mergers take a while to shake out.
unfortunately, most of us on here only know of failed mergers (eg PSA and to some extent Piedmont given the union negotiations).
Correct, it just doesn't make sense to throw money at the employees unless they forsee a whole mass exodus of people. And as you said, split ops happen until they get all the details nailed down and typically its a period even after that, with employees typically receiving some type of severance or parachute if their job gets eliminated or such.
Or, something else stinks in the bowels and people are talking aboutjumping ship due to that and US is trying to get money to keep them around. AGAIN.
I would think that most people would stick around and collect a parting gift if they were in jeopardy of getting cut.