It will be interesting to see what the unions have to say in these potential mergers. For example, NW F/A's are militant union compared to non-union DL FA's. NW has had some major union "incidents" in the past whereas DL is relatively union trouble free.

and then there was this---"Mike Medeiros , who oversees all East Coast airport operations for Delta, said he was amazed to hear about a meeting between US Airways and America West gate worker unions about merger details "that literally ended in fisticuffs, a fistfight. That's not something we want any part of."....USA Today

Remember, the demise of EAL was rooted ultimately with the unions........