Interesting take on the outcome. Your analysis of potter's blunders is relatively accurate.
Eischen has definitely made his decision, and if it helps you sleep at night you can say that the RAH pilots didn't "steal" F9 pilot seniority. But, the RAH pilots like to pick and choose the pieces of history that suit their needs.
1. They claim they had nothing to do with the acquisition of Midwest (that acquisition ended badly for all involved and offered no potential benefit for the RAH pilots, other than the opportunity to fly E190 aircraft that they never had the chance to fly prior to the acquisition of Midwest or Frontier).
2. They claim they personnally saved the Frontier pilots from liquidation, and now we owe them our souls. The Frontier acquisition ended with the potential of higher earnings and better quality of life for the RAH pilots, so rather than take the same position they took with the midwest acquisition, they were no longer innocent bystanders, they SAVED US. Now they want a reward for their heroic actions.
You can't have it both ways and be honest with yourselves. Either you had nothing to do with both acquisition or you have everything to do with both acquisitions. So which is it?
Don't talk to me about "inherent risk". How many FFD aircraft did RAH have in 2008? 220+
How many do they have today? 170
How many 190's did RAH have in 2008? 0
How many do they have today? 20?
No one has benefited more from this disaster than the RAH pilots. Keep telling yourself that you didn't steal anything. Are these the same IBT pilots that didn't want to include the Midwest pilots in the single carrier system? Why would they choose to leave a group of pilots out in the cold, perhaps because they were a very senior group of pilots and it would be very convienient if Midwest was not included in the Single Transportation System? Does that sound like the behavior of a group of pilots that was not intent on stealing something from another group? Don't take my word for it read the IBT filing:
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This letter constitutes the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline
Division’s (IBT) response to the carriers’ submission of October 26, 2010. The information contained in those responses—together with the evidence submitted here by the IBT—demonstrates that Chautauqua Airlines, Shuttle America,Republic Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and Lynx Aviation, the operating subsidiaries owned and controlled by Republic Airways Holdings, comprise a single transportation system for purposes of representation for the craft or class of Pilot. As explained below, however, Midwest Airlines is not a part of this single transportation system as it is no longer a carrier. Accordingly, the Board should issue a determination that the operating affiliates of RAH constitute a “single carrier” for the representation of Pilots and that single carrier does not include Midwest Airlines."
So, in your world, the RAH pilots have done nothing to effect the outcome of events and they are merely innocent bystanders. How fortunate, I get warm and fuzzy just thinking about their windfall.
In the Frontier pilot's world the RAH pilots, along with the IBT, have done everything imaginable to take everything they possibly can take from the Midwest and Frontier pilots.
Spare me your shangri-la happy version of events.