Originally Posted by
BunkerF16
Closer, but still not it. Go back and look at the % of longevity awarded over the last 3-4 big mergers. They didn't average anywhere near 50%.
Also, there wouldn't be any stapling of JB FOs. They'd be slotted in based on cat/class and % of longevity agreed upon/arbitrated.
Really? UAL/CAL was given 35% credit for longevity. That's definitely in the ballpark of "near" 50%. That's almost 9,000 pilots with more longevity than any JB pilot.
AMR/USAir aren't ALPA. There has only been 1 MAJOR airline merger under the new policy. UAL/CAL and it was 35% longevity. You can look at the last 3-4, but some of them were under the OLD policy.
Didn't really like the longevity component for the last merger, but I'm liking it more and more every day, especially with the Spirit/JB/et.al. airlines becoming ALPA.