Reposted from elsewhere:
A challenge
I challenge all [Republic pilots] to spend additional time reading up on the loss of seniority and longevity by SUCCESSORED airlines in the past.
Stop looking at the money in this TA. And start looking, for example, at how a group of TWA flight attendants lost 30+ years' of seniority and longevity. All of it, gone. All of them either stapled or out of jobs. And all because the word was changed from "merger" to something else.
http://www.twaflightattendants.com/g.../travesty.html
American convinced them to release scope, in the best interest of moving forward . . . "Just trust us." That ought to sound familiar to you.
"They had to have known why AMERICAN AIRLINES was demanding the TWA flight attendants give up their strongest protection, the SCOPE clause. The IAM provided the TWA flight attendants
minimal information. Even the most vigilant flight attendant could not have fully comprehended the complicated legal situation that was thrust upon them when AA purchased TWA. But the fact that the average flight attendant may not have understood the implications of what they were being asked to surrender in the SCOPE clause did not relieve the IAM of their responsibility to educate them about what was in their best interest. That is the job of a union."
Maybe that sounds familiar, too.
And after you feel like you're ready to talk money again:
Look at how much money you will lose, under this new TA, if you are potentially forced to reset your seniority and longevity when you flow up to a mainline.
VS.
Today's current contract, which allows you to be merged onto their list, and maintain all of the seniority and longevity that you've accrued, or will accrue in the next 4 years.