Seniority is addressed in this MOU but it only goes as far as laying ou the MB process after a jcba is ratified. I don't pretend to know which list will be used but I do know which won't and that is the east holes wet dream of DOH. So back east they are running around ecstatic because they believe it will be a 3 way, so their stealing of west jobs puts them at a much higher relative seniority than they were in 2005. As an example the west has furloughed and downgraded since 2008 while the east has upgraded. So lets say its a 3 way, usapa, which has publicly disparaged arbitrator Nicolau will be once again in front of Mr. Nicolaus friends and colleages makinG their case for why the east deserves more than the west while at the same time the west will have ample evidence of usapa s malfeancense and disrespect for arbitration. (company legal fillings laying out that usapa has caused west career stagnation furloughs etc. not to mention iou's for aircraft the west is owed). I wouldn't celebrate a 3 way as a victory for the east just yet, in my lestimation every RLA arbitrator is very well versed on what the east has done.

P.S. for those that don't know, Mr. Nicolau told east alpa during the hearings they would not get DOH and to come off their position and give him something else to work with. Their response to Nicolaus request? "We are comfortable with our position and won't revisit it". So you see, this east behavior is nothing new.