Personally, I dont care for another merger until this one has been put to bed but in this industry you have to keep moving ahead. Survival. Due to mechanics strike, I still wont allow anyone I know to trvl with them, too many safety issues from what I have seen. If we do merge how will that affect striking workers? Obviously, the scabs will go but what about the other workgroups? Are their contracts anything close to US's? How about seniority and pass trvl? Whats in their contracts? Its too far away to really think about that mountain when HP/US merger still has so many things to be done. Thanks all of you for keeping us informed, food for thought.I will go on record AGAIN and say that US will bid for NW sometime early next year if not late this year. Perfect matching once NW guts their contracts.