Exactly it's no different than jumping off an Emirates flight and taking off on another with a Lufthansa call sign or even a RCH for that matter.
It escapes me why the vocal minority resist the merger?
The deal is simple, In 8 days it won't matter what any of the Polar crews think because on the 19th both MEC's are nullified and the new IBT takes over with new people and a fresh start.
Contract and consumated merger around September of next year is my best guess with the BS put to bed once and for all.
Anybody that says the merger is off does'nt know what they are talking about.
DBW