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13n144e
You seem to have convinced yourself of the unassailable superiority of your position. Good for you to be so open minded. I'm not entering anymore futile, fruitless debates on the percieved equities of one side or the other. I wouldn't want to dampen your false sense of security. However no single merger has had such a simplistic resolution as you suggest. That's why arbitration generally lasts several months, the awards run near 100 pages, and neither side is ever completely happy with the result. I'll grant you one absolute; it's absolutely clear that the "new merger policy" that is the mantra of s-UAL, absolutely provided for binding arbitration by placing the UPA ahead of the ISL. Binding arbitration will actually be binding. Out of curiosity, what is your source for the Bloch Award for Colgan-Mesaba-Pinnacle. Have you actually seen the award is that more useless ACP crap your so fond of interpreting? If you've actually seen the award, please provide a link.
You are.
I am sorry if my approach to analyzing previous awards is upsetting to you, and yes not only did I read each award cover to cover, but I went onto other forums and asked questions about the awards from the people involved and I read the dissenting opinion in the Nicoleau award. The UAL MEC posted this information before there was even a merger actually announced and the ALPA library had even more documents online. I also have another thread in which I posted some specifics of the Pinnacle lists makeup. Did you know that list put furloughed pilots in with active pilots. Shocking! Impossible!
So, like I said I could be wrong, but there is a long history of category and class integration even when companies have vastly different "career expectations". So if I have to chose between expecting a list similar to what history shows is likely and a list with a whole new underlying paradigm that will favor the company with perceived better financials and career expectations, then yes I admit I claim "unassaiable superiority".
Again sorry if the historical facts upset you.
Joe Peck
Here is the Pinnacle list taken from the actual document, and I would note that within each silo the pilots were sorted based on DOH even though this was a "windfall" for some pilots especially since they had zero career expectations with the planned removal of the 50 seat fleet from the Delta code share agreement:
Pinnacle ISL Decision