As someone who knows one of the senior pilot negotiators at Impulse/Qlink I can assure you he, and they, are very smart operators when it comes time to talk to the company.
As for the age old Boeing/airbus debate. As someone in the middle of 767-300 transition training I have come to believe the following.
Boeing= Designed by geniuses to be flown by idiots. (Moi
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Airbus= Designed by idiots to be flown by geniuses.
Chuckles