At this time we aren't even getting credit for hard years spent on the property. This hose job I would imagine is unprecedented. To simplify this, look at a United furloughee that was hired in 2000 and at 8 year pay and has not accepted a job at CAL because he is waiting for the merger to be complete. After the SLI is done, he decides to come back to the merged company, he never accepted the job at CAL under the TPA and is returning to "United Airlines". His pay longevity is then going to be his original date of hire less his years of furlough, lets say 8 years on the property and 5 on furlough. This would presumably give him a 2005 longevity date , far senior to his new hire classmates that came back to CAL and are being oppressed by the 2008 hire date of the CAL pilot ahead of him because of a staple in the SLI.