Originally Posted by
Truman_Sparks
Relative seniority favors ASA captains over XJT captains, and favors XJT fo's over ASA fo's. This is how I saw it on a chart done both ways (DOH and relative) after the merger was announced. It's going to be hard to do it one way or the other when either way affects people in the same side differently. ASA captains will be fightingfor relative, XJT captains will want DOH and vice versa for fo's.
I didn't understand at first but now I get it - yeah this could be interesting. I hope it doesn't take forever and go to arbitration, but who knows. Of course, if CRJ's keep getting dropped then I won't be able to get to Atlanta anyway.
I think there is going to have to be a quantum change over the next few years. At some point the new expressjet is going to have to get more into larger regional gets than the few at the legacy ASA side. Wonder if the new JCBA will lay the groundwork for that.