An Open Letter to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi from the 10,000 Pilots of American Airlines............For the sake of American Airlines, its thousands of Florida-based workers and the economic well-being of the Sunshine State, we hope you’ll likewise reconsider your position.
They've definitely skin in the game here, via the harsh possiblility of finding far less favorable terms for exiting bankruptcy than would be the case with the merger. I'm fairly certain they've generally no great desire to merge otherwise.