Motch, we're still friends and havent been drinking, just thinking out loud. If u think a pilot hired with the same seniority date at each airline had the same career expectations, u are way off as my seniority states relative to ual and post merger. If one thinks furloughees will be stapled, again, wrong. Hired 07, furloughed 09 but not important. Arbitrator will decide using the guidelines of the alpa merger policy, w-2 earnings have little to do with it. Guess stalling the jcba by JP was a nice way to increase vacancies and capt slots on ur side. I applaud that move. Deals go both ways, u guys have gotten quite of bit of windfall for quite some time, $40 million profit sharing, paybanding, ual alpa agreeing to not use smisek testimony in abritrator arguement that stated to congress that "cal would cease to exist/go away if the merger didnt happen". I would think eventually that bill will come due. Ual is a more senior and larger airline, if u think that wont come into account then i dont know what more i can discuss to prove my point. I will say without a doubt, W-2 means nothing.

But again the future sli has already been decided by previous policy, its just up to the arbitrator to publish his final and binding interpretation.

To many people try to make it personal, its just " business"