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You're wrong. There was no arbitration in the TWA/AA seniority "integration". Just a cram down from the APA that AMR signed off on.Correct me if I am wrong, but the arbitrator in the USAir/America West and American/TWA integrations used company financial stregth just prior to the merger in making his final decision.
As far as the USAir/AWA deal goes, I believe it had more to do with who was on the property and who was on furlough at the time of the deal. i.e., if you were on furlough, than you could not be "integrated" with guys who were actively employed.
Please don't try to use our current financial well being as a reason to $crew the MEH guys. This merger has nothing to do with the pilots of MEH. Management wants the merger to go through, it's our job (Labor) to make sure that a single, unified pilot group emerges from this ordeal. A pilot group that is not divided along old company lines. A pilot group that can stand up as one to management when they come looking for concessions again. This management group (like all of them) would love to see us divided against ourselves. We should not afford them that luxury.
We need to treat the MEH guys with the dignity and respect that they deserve as Airline Pilots instead of alienating them. Our future bargaining power requires this.