101 - you must have missed the several dozen posts that say that it is not the "certificate" that is in question. What IS the question is whether this is a "complete operational merger." And indeed it is. Every aspect of the company has been merged with the exception of the pilot groups. Your version of the talks between the two MECs is also quite simply wrong, and there have been many many posts that contain the actual facts that refute your statement. It is pointless to continue to spout your disingenuous rhetoric.