Originally Posted by Firsttimeflyer

Actually the facts suggest that INC bought a turd. XJT rolled over on their contract not to have a single seniority list with all carriers, ASA got stuck with the short end of the stick and the guys that were in bankruptcy cry they are being treated unfairly.

ASA gets the scraps left over that Skywest can't cover. That's why they got IAD flying for United. That's why they got American flying in DFW. ASA took a 1 for 2 trade on 50 seaters for the 900s and had some aircraft get extended contracts. The only thing XJT has done for ASA is cost them money, make them change their uniforms and make bad blood.
XJT guys moaned in the crew vans, talked poorly about the ASA guys on the pipe, said the ASA guys would roll over on the TA, then they were proven wrong and now claim a great victory.
It sure would be nice if the XJT guys would look positively at ASA and realize if it weren't for them they would probably be out of jobs. Not to mention they are lucky ASA was ALPA and not their own representation, then there wouldn't be any language about fair seniority come integration time. I just get tired of reading this thread and the constant amount of whine and belittling.