You guys need to wake up... we are not the priority in this operation. In case you missed the other threads within this board, the pilots are in an Uncivil War and that's where most merger candidates and investors get nervous. Not to mention it affects the flight attendents in their inability to combine workforces as their schedules revolve around the pilots schedules. And let's not even get into the mechanics, although they are much closer to our situation than the pilots.
I am sure that Parker could just as well continue separate operations for as long as possible with the ramp agents and mechanics. It has worked so far, right? What do you think outsourcing to be? It is contractors doing the work, and isn't that a separate work force controlled by an entirely different company? All airlines do it in various capacities. Frankly, customers don't care either as the public face of the company says, "US Airways" from its website to its liveries to its ticket jackets.
You guys are looking to pull the string, when your only option is to push the string.
So Reminds Jester.