Someday, it will happen, if both survive. Each pilot group swears the other is the cause of the problems and should be shut down or sold. It will be an UGLY merger.
There is a grievence filed and it's in the arbitrator hands as we speak. His final decision could have more to do with the survival of Polar than anything else out there for the time being.
It's interesting. If the Polar crews win this grievance, it could be the end for them.
Bottom line, neither pilot group is in a hurry to merge until they feel better about the other groups survival. Neither group wants to be the one with their guys being furloughed when the other is shut down.