Originally Posted by
eaglefly
So, just to be clear, the NIC LIST adjusted the relative seniority of some US/AWA pre-merger pilots from previous positions on their respective lists at the time the list was constructed by Nicolau, i.e., that some pre-merger East pilots became more senior to East pilots they were previously junior to and/or likewise for some West pilots ?
No. Only that the Nic list was constructed using the seniority order as it existed at that time.
I'll try to provide a concrete example, although there are many possible scenarios.
Let's say, for example, that you are sitting in the right seat during a particular inflight emergency and become semi-famous. You decide to take a personal leave of absence to better explore the opportunities fame presents. You continue to accrue seniority for 12 months, but then seniority accrual *stops* per the contract and people start passing you on the seniority list.
So, your relative position on the East list is now *changed* from when the Nicolau list was created. People who where junior to you, are now senior to you. If you went back and used the Nicalau, it would put you back as senior to those folks who passed you. Hardly fair. So, the only way to correct that is to recompute the Nic list using the Nicolau methodology but with the East list as it currently exists... make sense?
Now, I'm sure one could come up with all kinds of calculations to "fix" these problems... but that's hardly the purview of a West Merger Committee to state exactly how they should be "fixed". It becomes part of the negotiations... and no longer is the Nicolau list!