I agree with you, 1 company would be best and could be done rather easily (relativly). But unfortunetely U managements plans are probably far and away different than what we have been told. There are reasons the WO's cant see the books or the reoganization plan that Mineta has sealed in DC. Of all the options available if any of it was any good at all for the WO's management would have given a hint or two and we all would have signed on the dotted line the first day. I realize management cant reveal all and that is not what I'm suggesting. But I am saying that it is not as we are being told. To think otherwise is just fanstasy. There is even a guy on this board that thinks he will be doing proving runs in an RJ in 4 to 5 weeks. That is really good considering there are no airplanes or training available to try and fly them. The TA does not effect a contract carrier the way it will kill the WO's Example: If you are "joes airline" and you have 2 RJ's and you sign J4J, it is true that any "ADDITIONAL" aircraft you get will be half ML guys. But at a WO's the word additional is the same as replacement. This is a raw deal, so much so that only 1 airline in the entire country has bought into it. (Yes I am very aware of the ex TA's at the other 2 WO's wich is a whole other story) The only people who like this deal are ML pilots, management has to go along if they ever expect to get scope relief. I degress, bottom line, in my opinion is the WO's are gone and U will be next just as soon as "Dave" can work out the deal.