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I'm seriously laughing at this...at the time of the merger Meyers was a 27 (?) year old who hadn't been on property a month on the east. I just can't believe the arrogance of the LUS pre merger new hires. Do you guys really believe AA was at the same level as US? None of us would've ever been called to even interview there (my app is still on file!). Our second year pay (Airbus) was $56! It topped out at $85 after 15 years!
Oh, career movement you say. Let's see, Airbus CA topped out at $125! Meyers will be making more than that as an Airbus FO in his third year!
I'm sorry guys, the AA merger was a godsend to everyone on the US side, and to even be thinking about slotting in new hires ahead of furloughed guys hired in 98-00 just blows my mind especially when you sit next to guys who were so screwed over by the same thing and you see what it did to their careers. Disgusting.
I totally get why you want to do a land grab but you are no better than the west guys at this point. Maybe you support them too, I dunno.
27? Man I wish....
I really don't care. However this mindset that it's acceptable to place an 1987 hire and Captain below a 2013 AE flow is mind boggling....
This mindset that AA was this superior Airline prior to the merger is mind boggling... Fedex, SWA, DAL and UAL and some might argue Spirit and Jetblue better then LUS or LAA as stand alones....
So again answer the question if LAA was so much better then LUS then why have so many deferred recall? They could have had a nice pay day but elected not to....
Further I still recall a MEC at AE sitting at breakfast and salivating and saying things like, "Can't wait to staple those East SOBs below us." Tony, I believe was his name, along with many others just having a gay ole time while they were suppose to be working on a bankruptcy plan for their pilots.....
So yes the merger helped both... LAA and LUS. It made it a better place to be.... However right seat at PSA vs a job at LUS with what was guaranteed movement was a no brainer.... You don't pick your legacy carrier.... The merger wasn't a guaranteed thing... It was a risk either way but had nothing to do with thinking the DOJ was going to approve such. I'd have gone either way and did such and was in class well before the DOJ even started to lean towards approval...
Again this will follow NWA/DAL and CAL/UAL.... Point being this mind set of screwing a 1987-1990 hire and think they belong below an AE flow? Give me a break...