Originally Posted by
Flytolive
The answer is it doesn't matter. Whenever the three arbitrator panel decides the pilot and aircraft "snapshots" should have been taken they will determine how many mainline pilots were required to fly the fleets at each airline, and from the demographics of the groups and the flying and compensation they brought to the merger they will determine how to merge those pilot jobs. Ancillary issues that can be proven with solid evidence will affect things on the margin but once the arbitrators decide how to merge those slots from each airline they will then fill in those UAL/CAL slots starting with the pilots from the top of both lists.
Also, no matter how much we debate our arguments on APC will have zero effect on the outcome.
The answer is that it doesn't matter. Our seniority list can't be reordered and your seniority list can't be reordered. I cannot end up being more senior to someone who is already senior to me. The fact is people were hired here at the company (on both sides) under different terms that existed at the time between companies. I am not going to begrudge anyone who was hired under the terms that were agreed to between all parties back then. I have no problems with the seniority list, save the huge group of opportunists who occupy a place on it currently.