Originally Posted by
Molon Labe
First of all virtually NOTHING from the NWA case or proposal was adopted in the NWA Delta ruling or award, second prepare for ratio with few modifications UAL being the largest divergence and that didn't appear to be that much of a variation...Ratio is the new one size fits all, for some it is good and for some of us it is a career destroyer.
Most of us 2005-2008 hires at CAL were 7 years younger than the 98-2001 UAL hires we were slotted with. Although we lost a few % of relative seniority, most of us had very few pilots placed ahead of us on the list that were also younger than us. So we get the benefit of excess retirements we didn't have before. I've moved up 1,300 seniority numbers in the 2 1/2 years since SLI and that would have been 500 at stand alone CAL.
If the VX pilots are substantially younger than their relative seniority counterparts, it will be good for them almost no matter how they are placed on the list, provided it is not strictly DOH. If you're junior and older than average at AS, it's going to suck no matter what.