Originally Posted by cactiboss

Apples and oranges, by your train of thought then the west pilots shpuld be senior to east pilots because they made more and had more vacation. 5200 usairways positions will be merged into 10000 american positions, doesn't matter what names are at each position. What does it matter if it's an east pilot or west pilot's name at a particular position? See you are running under the assumption that 3 distinct airlines are merging, that is not the case, there are 2 airlines here.