Ok, One more time. DALPA could not merge ASA or Comair into our seniority list. They had no legal method or contractual method to force that issue. Only management could make that decision. Had management decided to merge the lists it would have been a done deal and would have been in accordance with ALPA merger policy.
If you think there were not discussions with management by DALPA on the issue you are mistaken. I can also tell you that management had zero intention of ever merging the airlines and would have fought to the death to avoid it. They would have been very aware of the power that would have given DALPA.
DALPA does not merge airlines. DALPA does not merge seniority lists. Both are controlled by management.