Originally Posted by wiggy

That is an amazing set of facts Cacti, and it will be interesting to see how the usapian merger committee will treat the west whether they are allowed their own representation or not...Think about it, if the west comes under the purview of USAPA they will still be treated, effectively, as a separate group within a group in competition with the east list as well as APA for SLI positions...still the 3 lists scenario...just a slight conflict of interest there...USAPA (being, effectively an "east" entity) lobbying both for and against factions coming under its legal purview....i.e. -in that scenario absolutely no possibility of fairness for the west. Even my longtime friend R57, in his infinite, unbiased opinion (and no doubt, in his infinite joy at seeing me re-enter the fray in this argument) has acknowledged his semibeloved USAPA might not be the best advocates for the west position...

On the other hand...separate reps for the west advocating the Nic will assuredly be met by the black-hearted pirates of Usapia with an attempt at total delegitimization of the Nic...which will lead into the same arguments presented leading up to the Nic...a rehashing of the relevant pilot demographics of each airline AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL MERGER....which, of course would be the only legitimate timeframe from which to argue the merits/deficiencies of the Nic.

Now, in either scenario it seems Usapians will be forced, by their own central position at the center of the universe...manifested as an innate disregard of all human ethical concepts excepting where it applies to their own benefit, -to advocate regarding the west as a Johnny-come-lately group who suddenly appeared on the scene at the time of the AA merger....-a group whose star has been falling...a meteoric, arcing plunge over the past 7 years that has seen a base closing and across the board cutbacks and furloughs...all that, of course, having nothing whatsoever to do with anything inside the lofty, rarefied central atmosphere of Usapia...

Seriously though, how will USAPA advocate the placing of its 3rd listers below the west (giving them credit that they will at least recognize the sanity of that move)...and yet pretend that the SLI should be a complete do-over from scratch, starting at the time of the AA merger? It seems the bounds of self-centered hypocrisy stand a good chance of being stretched beyond the historical limits of even usapian rational thought.