I believe the lUAL pilots have to "accept" recall. They cannot be forced to take a recall. We have 2 jobs and 2 employee numbers. If you look at the list created by the CAL merger committee, the lUAL guys at CAL are on the list twice, with two numbers.
If we accept recall, we go to unfilled positions first, in seniority order. Since there are a bunch of unfilled guppy slots in IAH and EWR, I can't see a legal problem with "recalling in place". There are some pilots that will feel otherwise, and those can be dealt with through the grievance process.

At least that is how I see it. I have been wrong before.

"If a man speaks in the wilderness, and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"