cactusboy53
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While the East and the West are for the sake of a common name, US Airways, they are operating under 2 separate contracts. The West has a seniority list and the East has theirs. The West side is loosing flying time so the furloughs are in inverse seniority on the West side. Consequently, the furloughs on the East are in inverse seniority on the East side. It is true, some of the furloughed West pilot were hired years ahead of the still working East pilots, by virtue of separate contracts, they will get furloughed before the East.
I hope that clears up the confusion.
You may have missed the part where I mentioned the part about the "third listers". Those people were hired AFTER the merger was completed. Those TL pilots on the west were first to be furloughed, but the TL pilots out EAST remain gainfully employed while ORIGINAL AWA pilots hit the streets today. Again, Parker and Hemenway state they are "following their interpretation of the tentative agreement". Bradford and his little fiefdom work on more important things, like seeing how many west pilots can be fired for non-payment of dues.