This is a question asked of DP and Here is his answer. You can find this Q and A in the compass web site. 🙂
Q. Once the Certificate merger is complete is there any plan(s) to renegotiate any of the labor contracts (concessions given during bankruptcy)?
A. As the operation is integrated to one certificate, the unions will be working on seniority integration and towards one contract (for instance, the pilots will ultimately operate under one contract and those discussions have already started). However, to be fair, there aren’t plans to snapback wages to pre-bankruptcy levels. The environment we are operating in now is the new reality for our industry, and you’ll see this more and more as other carriers go through their own re-organizing efforts (Northwest and Delta have both recently entered Chapter 11 and are likely going to go through what US just completed). One of the main reasons investors invested in the new US Airways was because the labor costs were in line with what the market can bear, and because AWA and US had comparable labor costs. This is necessary for our airline to compete in this new low fare environment, which is likely here to stay.