We have to get over this and quickly. These two airlines do not belong to us! We are but a part of the deal. As a recent new-hire, I am affected by the seniority list issue. But, realize this, we work at the pleasure of the employer.

Oak Hill has bought two train sets and we are the kids playing with them. They have put the sets together to cover more surface and create better combinations. The SA guys were playing with the set that had the most pieces. The C360 guys with the smaller set. If we don't figure out how to play well together, our adopted "Daddy", may impose rules, we won't like.

Working together, (nobody gets everything) we can work as a force to make things better for all. No merger ever has been without pain for the people who do the work for the companies. Our industry has been littered with the remains of good careers, due to mergers, buyouts and bankruptcies. Most of us have ridden at least one of these horses into the ground.

At this point we all seem to have a job!