Originally Posted by gloopy

I don't really know what you're asking here. Are you trying to say that because some buyouts result in mergers due to types of equipment operated, then either all regional WO's should get full seniority at a mainline, NWA pilots should have had to interview for a job, or else there is mass hypocrisy? That makes no sense but it appears its the path you're trying to go down.

I'm against the outsourcing of large regional jets. To rein it in requires we focus on that level first. We've finally stopped the onslaught at that level and hopefully we can do more later.

I'm well aware of the Ford/Cooksley/et al asinine analogies about slavery and Hitler and all the evils of the world being embodied in the gross injustice of them not getting a chance to present their DOH/relative integration fantasies in binding arbitration. ALPA and the legacies certainly didn't handle the run up to the regional debacle correctly, but shame on those few regional guys at the time for their lame attempt at a massive land grab windfall all while draping themselves in the flag of unionism and the sanctity of "the process". No one bought it then and no one's buying it now.

The real question is where do we go from here. All signs point to a flow not being an option anytime soon, and airlines are looking at ab initio schemes, MPL and all of that. I'd rather current DCI pilots (especially exclusive DCI ALPA and WO pilots) get significant preferential treatment, especially before any wonder kid selected from birth or whatever. But I don't see any way to force the company to take 100% of all pilots at any particular regional airline with no say whatsoever. That's just not realistic.