Originally Posted by
Packrat
No VX pilot had a job prior to 2007. What is it about that you can't understand?
No bump, no flush guarantees the VX pilots all keep their Capt seats. Every single VX Capt would be the junior Capt on the combined system.
A 2007 ratio would put the average VX pilot ahead of the 2007 Alaska pilots simply because there are more of them. A windfall for VX, all be it a lesser one. Additionally, that system makes it more equitable when AS dumps the Bus if there happens to be a furlough.
There is no way, NO WAY relative seniority is anything but an enormous windfall for VX pilots, especially considering the relative age of the groups involved.
Maybe you should talk with the UAL merger guys. They said the exact same thing and 2005 CAL hires were put ahead of 1998 UAL hires and guess what? They were 7 years YOUNGER on average. Do you know why? Status and Category (which was pretty close to relative seniority).
Sorry but it's your Union merger policy. Age of the pilots isn't a factor there.