Originally Posted by
LittleBoyBlew
Eagle your previous post are usually well though opinions and partial facts. I've enjoyed reading such. However, as of recent, your opinion has turned sour towards the east US pilots. I caution you not to fall on the arms of the AOL minority crowd and in return isolate the east. It is still to early in the game to choose sides. This process has just begun to unravel. I caution you not to believe the rhetoric spewed by both sides, east and west, and I suggest that you adapt an objective view. Not all that you read here is an accurate assessment of what has transpired in the east/west saga now going on its 6th year. I am an east line pilot and I can tell you that most, if not all, the guys I fly with are somewhat skeptical of this process ever coming to fruition. Having said that, most are cautiously optimistic and hoping that a final resolution to the Nic might materialize if and when a merger does happen. And NO I have yet to see, or hear of any such DOH list. On a side note, the east will retire roughly 60% of its pilots in the next 7 years. Most guys are to old to get worked up about a merger that most will not benefit from.
Relax and really read my posts. One cannot ignore what the east has chosen to do. That being said, I have little emotion about that as I'm confident it will play no part in any AA merge in the future and I'm concerned about what's in the front windshield and not in the rear-view mirror or standing on the sidewalk. SOME of our pilots HAVE reported less then cordial interaction with a FEW U pilots (both east and west) as I've stated, but again, I assume it's the extreme minority and a result of individual beliefs and agendas. I think the merger is highly probable barring some unforcast development, the only wildcards are timing and thus control of the process. It seems both carriers need it, although U more then AA. Having read everything I have so far on the seniority conundrum there, it seems to me either your situation will continue as is or the Nic award will be implemented. Either way, your carrier will only be weakened further go forward with either outcome as it seems there's no real way to place an east pilot in the same cockpit with a west one considering the animosity, thus irrepairably hamstringing flexibilty and synergy. As such, fences may indeed be part of any future SLI.
I'm sure more 'he said/she said' stuff will be forthcoming from both of the U pilot sides and while entertaining, most shouldn't read to much into it from the AA merge standpoint. Personally, I've elected to be more of an observer then a commentator on the U SLI debacle since the U merge potential transitioned to a very strong liklihood.