Originally Posted by
Free Bird
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
It isn't because they just wanted to do it relatively. Its because the fleets were more closer relative to each other.
CAL and UAL do not have that similar fleet mix.
UAL had 72 widebodies and 140 narrowbody. So 1 for 2.
CAL had 22 widebody and 240 737's So 1 for 10.
These don't count the 25 WB CAL had on order and the 50 WB UAL had on order, so it could skew the ratios a bit more.
BTW, I read the ENTIRE DAL NWA arbitration decision, and they used the size of the fleets and ratios which is how they came up with the three tranches of seniority. Yes, some people came out very close, because the fleets were similar.
But its simplistic to think they just made it relative for no reason and that they will do that with CAL UAL.