They are taking newhires (hired since the merger) from the closed MKE base, and transitioning them to SWA FO, ahead of Pilots with 7+ years of seniority who bid for, and were "awarded" SWA.

That was not "operational" . . they could have simply moved the junior guys to what they could hold (ATL 717FO), and awarded the SWA transitions to the 7+ year guys.

How would you feel, Shoelu, if you were commuting in to work each week, from a SWA base that you could hold, watching guys with 5 years' less seniority transitioning ahead of you . . . and now getting paid more than you?

This was easily avoidable; yet another missed opportunity to do the right thing.