Airline Merger good for recruiting?

At a thinly attended shareholder meeting in London, BA chairman Martin Broughton disclosed that more than 99pc of the airline's investors - including proxy voters - had approved the deal.

Iberia's shareholders also voted in favour at a reciprocal meeting in Madrid to create International Airlines Group (IAG) - a carrier mixing BA's strengths on the North Atlantic with Iberia's in Latin America, operating a combined fleet of 406 aircraft, carrying 57.5m passengers a year.

A Madrid-registered holding company - International Consolidated Airlines Group - will sit above IAG, which will be headquartered in London, and own the BA and Iberia operating companies. They will preserve their brands, national identities and flying rights.

So, My question to you is: Are airline mergers like this good for recruiting more pilots?