1800 RVR, thanks for your candor.

For any UPS management pilot reading this, keep in mind that nothing prevents the IPA from promising DOH integration, then once they have the 35% NMB cards, finding that the company's position to staple you to the bottom of the list is simply "too hard to overcome." I can see it now in the Flight Times, "Dear newly acquired IPA member, sorry to inform you but we were unsuccessful in negotiations. We tried our best."

Then guess what? The IPA gets your job, then maintains their word by integrating you by the "principles of DOH" relative to the other management pilots at the bottom of the list.

Do not expect any IPA support to "fight the good fight" on your behalf. There are a lot of line guys that have full intentions of seeing you junior to them on the seniority list, regardless of their outward signs of sympathy for your plight. This whole IPA plan to take your job is exactly that! Caveat emptor.