Originally Posted by
Wrsofked
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I don't see how ending up somewhere close to your pre merger position relatively is a windfall? You are where you were within a few percentage points adjusted for longevity, active service, and career expectations. How is that a windfall? Your not gaining or losing much.
And that is exactly why arbitrators have essentially handed out relative list recently.
Btw, the widebody/narrowbody percentages had very little if any influence on the DAL/NWA list, it just didn't matter to the arbitrators. The NWA guys did a get a small bump (pull and plug) to makeup for the large number of NWA retirements. I personally was within .1 percent of my pre-merger relative number.
I think that the UCAL list will have some different factors than the Delta list, but anything more than 3-5% difference in relative numbers is unlikely imo. The worst guys at Delta (91' hires) lost about 3% relative I think.
Good luck to all