OpsNormal,
There is NO word of any merger as such, as IMHO its the aim of the Evil Empire to keep the operations separate so as to facilitate the divide and conquer mentality between the various labour groups that seems to be the flavour of the month....
Regarding recruiting, I think the objective has been to centralise and streamline the recruiting for some time. What you see now is a result of that. What will it be like in 6 months? Who knows. What you do know is that if you aspire to work for Sunstate you will have to complete the S&P, a sim ride and at least one interview.
Spinout, perhaps I should have been more specific and written "Airlink", which is wholly owned etc. You know what I mean.
Shagtastic, you have a couple of hundred regional pilots scratching their heads at why they are stonewalled. Many have been scratching for so long they're moving on outside the group, as they don't have much hair left......