Originally Posted by
aa73
Arbitrators have always, and will always, use that dreaded word you hate when they craft an integration. It's just the nature of the beast. He takes a snapshot of the date and bases a lot of his decision on the career expectations of both airline pilot groups.
What are my career expectations? No clue at this point - but given the difference in size, routes, financials, pilot demographics - very, very different from the TWA pilot group at the time.
There is simply no comparison. TWA in its last days was in no way, shape or form comparable to AA today, BK or not. I'm not justifying the crappy and unfair treatment you guys got, but USAir merging with AA is in no way comparable to AA's picking and choosing TWA's assets, which were far less than what AA has today.
Every merger brings different ingredients to the stew. No single past merger (or asset acquisition) will be used as a "model" should this one come to fruition. Agreed that AA's situation of market, assets, debts and future stand-alone have ZERO resemblance to where TWA was when their assets were acquired and the resultant job offers to their employees.