Biggest problem with the Nic award is it put furloughed guys below new hires. Had that not happened and had it been slotted more fairly I think you'd have seen a JCBA between East-West.

Either way you split it, a decade ago the West guys were the Mesa of the majors flying clapped out equipment, they won the aviation lottery. They really should be ecstatic for anything and everything they are getting here. Same goes for the East guys, they were so beat down over the past 13 years +/- that this merger really kinda saved them and has allowed them to retire in a manner in which they should after spending decades as a major airline pilot.

It's been such a positive for the East AND West I would hope folks don't ***** about the outcome. As for AA, from what I could tell they were slowly dying and shirking, Parker & CO hopefully will get us ALL back on track. We should be more worried about Spirit, Frontier, SWA, etc. than where we line up on the seniority list, because if things don't go our way we'll be back at the bottom of another one.