Originally Posted by
Sunvox
There are a great many "unprecedented" firsts in previous SLIs starting with the "pull & plug" methodology used in the DAL/NWA SLI, but having said that the supposed "hybrid" proposal UAL put forth simply used a mathematical algorithm to create a "stovepipe". It may look new, but in reality it is a good 'ole fashioned stovepiping of category and status. If you look you will see that CAL 777 CAPs had the same score as UAL 777 CAPs for their "hybrid" calculation.
On a separate note, the arbitrators in the DAL/NWA SLI published their results 10 days after their last executive session.
Lastly, the DAL/NWA list was mostly what the DAL pilots proposed with the exception of the 400 or so pilots from NWA who were "pulled & plugged", so I don't know where 80Kts is getting off saying it has to be a "hybrid" result from the arbs. It wasn't in DAL's case, it wasn't in AWA's case and it won't be in this case either.
Stovepiped Cat & Stat sorted by ratios or longevity. It's not rocket science. The only question for the arbs is what Cats to use.
The DL/NW list was a hybrid. DL proposed a strict cat/stat stovepipe. I would have integrated in with a Jul 1999 NW hire (I was hired Feb 2007) under that proposal and moved up overall relativeabout 3%. NW proposed strict DOH. I would have lost about 3% relative position on that.
The end result had about 200 pull/plug and was more of a straight relative list than anything. I moved up a quarter of a percent relative position and integrated with a Sept 2000 NW hire.
So yes, It was a hybrid that leaned a bit more toward the DL proposal.