Originally Posted by AltoCumulus

Looking at the previous arbitrated mergers I estimate that the number 1vx will be slotted amongst people that were hired in the 90's. If you made me bet I would guess around '97-98ish.

Whatever leverage AS pilots had over VX over the SLI was declined to be used by the AS MEC. They decided that it was better to have a unified pilot group and fight together over wages with a quick integration than fight for a better SLI for AS pilots. For better or for worse? I dont't know. I do hope the VX guys give us a little more respect and consideration because of it.

Now that that ship has sailed AS pilots are left with no real leverage in this SLI since all of the precedents cut against AS with regards to the proper weight of longevity. 15-30% is the current range of outcomes. There are lots of good arguments for why that number should be more than 30%...As an AS pilot I am hoping for something closer to a 40 or 50...but we are nowhere near talking about anything close to a 100% weighting for longevity which is what DOH advocates are advocating.

When all this is done, there is nothing good for AS pilots that would have come from this merger. The only AS pilots that will be cheering are the retirees with their new expanded travel network to stand-by on.