If ALPA behaves like unions in other industries then the pilots at Royal should brace for a right "Royal" shafting. A friend of mine worked for a firm for 5 years union-free, the shop he was in got consolidated into another one in the same company that was unionized. Result: he got union scale (lower than his previous wage), was forced to cough up an "initiation fee" of one week's pay and dues of half a day's pay every month. Six months later he got bumped out of his job by the union local VP's nephew.