Really? Well they have been coming back and still are. Many of them had more longevity on the merger date than a 2005 hire.

Plus those pesky 1995-1998 hires (about 3,500 of them) that were never furloughed and have 15-18 years of longevity. You can't really think a 2005 hire at the "narrow body gauge airline" is going to be granted an additional 10 years of longevity over the pilots from the "widebody airline".

I'm betting the arbitrators use ALPA merger policy. Others are praying they completely ignore it.