And that's the point. This whole SLI is a process of rationalizing why one group should make out better than the other. The above quote was a response to the rationalizing previously put out by UAL pilots about why they deserve better seniority.

Kind of like the whole "right sizing" rationalization. You can't say one side was right sized for a merger, and completely ignore the fact that the other side also parked 63 737-3/5s. It doesn't make sense.