Well in general, guys hired before you tend to be senior to you and guys hired after you tend to be junior. I agree that we do not have a DOH merger policy like most unions do, but it is a part of policy, and he been in the past. It means something and can not be ignored.

The CAL side looked at the hire dates of the UAL pilots and then probably pooped their pants. They then devised a scheme to rationalize that if you didn't "bring a job" then you got stapled which was a wish and prayer and not reality. All of the furloughees for both sides were given 0 credit for status and category.

I think there would have been less emotion over this from the CAL side if someone had waved a wand in October 2010 and just made the list overnight. Both sides had pilots on furlough, the junior Guppy Captain at CAL was a 1998 hire, and many CAL pilots had recently been moved back in position because of a reduction in flying. The three years post merger just let guys feed their fantasies and be led down the primrose path by their MEC.