Originally Posted by benzoate

The finding tilts strongly toward the proposal made by United pilots, who had wanted to equally consider longevity as well as "status and category," while the Continental pilots' proposal would have considered primarily status, grouping all captains together and all first officers together, without considering the category of aircraft. Also, the Continental proposal would have given mainline pilots credit for time spent at affiliated regional airlines.
Arbitrators make it clear they found the United case to be more reasonable and more conciliatory. The arbitrators found that "the primary failing of the Continental proposal's use of only {status}, to the virtual exclusion of all other merger policy factors, is that it unfairly, inequitably and disproportionately benefits one pilot group to the consequent detriment of the other."