tilton and continental c-e-o jeff smisek will chair an integration committee to work through union and jobs issues. thanks paul - the merger between united and continental could mean thousands of jobs are on the line... and both airlines need the support of their own employees in order to make this work. captain herb hunter, spokesman for the united pilots is here to talk about what's at stake. welcome to the show herb. thanks for being here. so does this merger have the support of most of the employees? i can't speak for most of them. i think that there are a lot of people that see a lot of potential in this deal. i know from a pilot's perspective, there's a lot possible synergies. and we've read about that in the paper and we know companies that are out there. the key is how we go down this road. and basically there are two models out there that they can follow in recent history. one is the america west and u.s. air model. which did not get the employees on board before hand. they had a lot of trouble. and seniority to a pilot is everything. that's your whole life. but, on the other