Seattle.....really...are we gonna really debate this issue with Sea as an example????

Please let's not waste our energy debating SEA.

As far as IAH and this apparent overstaffing, look at the facts:

1. We are a growing airline

2. We are actively looking for airplanes in the used market

3. IAH is our biggest HUB

4. IAH is a historical L-Cal base with very junior CA's due to an ISL award that was disproportionately biased against the CAL pilots.

5. Very little time is needed to fix any surplus as the airline retires pilots and organic movement within the airline shifts the staffing to the correct levels.

6. LUAL pilots are disproportional awarded all future training...any seat, base and fleet is almost all going to LUAL pilots thus any displacement will harm LCAL pilot because of our lack of bidding power. Where displacement to LUAL bases still leave LUAL pilots with a wide array of choices and options.

7. A displacement bid in IAH would be a tremendous attack on the spirit of the merger and would cause LCAL pilots to lose trust with this management and their intentions going forward.

8. We have an Union that cares nothing about the plight of the IAH pilots thus a clear case of misrepresentation and bias against the LCAL pilots from a Union that is turning its backs on a base and pilot group it care little about.