I know you know this, but just to clarify some murky concepts about how this works, DALPA/ALPA most definately does merge seniority lists, through contractual language on M&A/F, permitted types and operational integration. Otherwise DL management could have whipsawed DL and NW post merger and awarded flying to the lowest bidder of the day. But we have language to force that issue...scope and M&A/F.

ALPA could have facilitated the PID but instead created an absolutely insane construct of what "operational integration" was tailored specifically to exclude ASA/CMR and then tried to clean the rest up with bylaws and the executive structure caste system.

ASA/CMR cut their own throats when they, too, were overcome with mass arrogance thinking there was no escape from their policy mandate and that soon they would be committed to a merger and from that position of nothing to lose, they would swing for the fences using "the policy" to go for DOH...knowing they almost definately wouldn't get it, but anxious that "the process" would get them something inbetween DOH and a staple, which was the mother of all windfalls and they would rather risk the whole thing than give up on that fantasy.

Back to point, ALPA/DALPA very much has a massive role to play in our seniority list and its integration with others or not. Arguably, its one of the biggest and most basic functions of ALPA at the DAL level...the DL pilot's seniority list. If it weren't, management would just divide the list tomorrow 50 ways and let us all duke it out underbidding eachother. Thankfully it doesn't work that way.