Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
With regard to what scenario I was hoping for, simple......... a fair SLI that didn't include your management butting their nose in and threatening us with our jobs unless we agreed to the **** sandwich. I know that was too much to ask for.

Did you want it to turn out more like:
UAL/CAL
USAir/AmWest
American/TWA
Republic and Whoever
Even the kinder/gentler DAL/NWA had it's share of WhackMasters.
Consolidation has been the industry buzzword for a while, weren't you listening?
So quit your whining. Between now and 2015 I won't upgrade and I've already seen my system seniority stagnate because all the AT dudes bidding across the fence so far are senior to me (as predicted). You don't hear me whining about it.