Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Some in Captain Moak's camp (not speaking for him because I do not know his personal position) still fear the Comair merger scenario and are still saying silly things like "seniority grab" while ignoring the fact that even Northwest, with 747's, did not get "Date of Hire."
Careful with the straw man zingers.
Then or now, they would have pretty much zero chance at getting DOH. However, there is still very much the risk that if "the process" was followed, they (some or all) may end up with even a single day more seniority than the bottom DL pilot, which is unacceptable and a total and complete deal breaker. Iron clad prenup, or we solve the issue without them. This is our problem, our battle, our leverage, and ours alone. If we are going to in any way even consider bringing other pilots on board and given seniority numbers on our list, there needs to be 100% assurance that a staple is the absolute ceiling from day one or its no deal.
When anyone on that side of the isle clams up and starts droning on about "the process" it means they want to take the runway, reach V1 and then see how much they can get.