PeanuckleCRJ
Hurrrrrrrr
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I don't understand why this so complicated. Both are unionized under ALPA, and ALPA had a policy of DOH right? What's the problem here? Seems to me that you just order everyone by their date of hire, and everyone maintains their current seat positions until they decide to bid something else. If you were an ATL 757 FO before, you're an ATL 757 FO after. That way no one loses anything, and everyone's seniority is respected.
DOH is absolutely NOT in ALPA merger policy...never mentioned.
I do agree with that you should be in the same position in the joint company..which actually is more of an argument for something closer to relative seniority. The major hiring "blobs" are mostly at slightly different places in each of the companies...as well as nwa has a number of older guys still left. As such, I think you will see in the arbitration NWA guys stacked on at the top and a few at the bottom, too. NWA has only hired ~250 since 2001..while DAL has hired just right at 700. That is a big difference toward the bottom of the list...as well as the top.
Regardless... whatever happens, happens.
I refuse to be like the USair east babies and bitch and whine about a binding agreement.