Any CO worth their salt will at least listen. They wouldn't have given you the position you have if they weren't prepared to at least do that.

[One would assume, anyway. ]

Particularly given the source. Unless the fact some details are credited to the one Callsign who's been particularly loyal to the old parent company are going to be a mark against it.

Beyond that, we can only watch and wait. [and she doesn't like that at all]