Originally Posted by
svergin
I was told LOA 25 was because we thought it would look weird if an arbitrator placed a pilot with less longevity senior to one with more longevity and it may sway the Arbitrator's decision to use longevity to a greater extent since we were going to argue an hourly payrate based integration. That's also how we got these pay bands. Now that the SLI is done I agree, lets fix LOA 25. Paybands I don't really care.
SLI manipulation. That's the reason for both. Neither worked, so now we are stuck un-@&$);:@ the mess. Well played by all involved. At least get the framework correct. It hurt all of us and benefitted no one.
Scott