Originally Posted by Mesabah

Not quite, there were a lot more Colgan guys that went ahead in seniority than XJ guys who got shafted because of the category distribution. The snapshot method in determining the category distributions Bloch used was a total fraud on the pilot group here. DOH would have prevented this mess, as Pinnacle was way understaffed when the snapshot was taken. To add insult to injury, Colgan's snapshot was taken, not in the present like the other two airlines, but at some fantasy future state that never existed. As a result, 250+ Pinnacle pilots lost out on their chance to upgrade in the past two years.