You do realize that prior to any SLI at American there has to be a joint CBA. That Joint cba between American and US Air will trigger the transition agreement and the NIC is part of the agreement.
It will be the NIC and the AA list goign to the SLI. And it is coming sooner than you think.
I hope you are prepared for a title wave of west pilots coming ahead of you. Have you seen how senior of a base Phoenix is? Our most junior pilot can hold captain out East. Looks like years of stagnation for the east. Well deserved.
Abe! Why don't you become the USAPA lawyer? You would make so much more money. You really look at your wife and kids and say I want to sit in a seat a 37000 feet, reading my free USA Today, and do nothing and make pilot wages when I could make so much more and send you to good colleges and take you on great vacations? You are so much smarter than our lawyers at USAPA. You suck if you don't want to take care of your family better. Yes the nic makes your most junior pilot my captain although not a very good one. I hope you never get screwed by poor management like we have our whole life. Laugh at us all you want because that's how a professional pilot should treat another professional pilot.