Originally Posted by
4andCounting
I have a question on that point Joe. What has the number 1 captain at VX been gifted with what you say as 20 years of longevity? The best schedule? He already has that. The best vacation slots? He's got that too. And in this scenario he actually loses quite a bit if the bus goes away. And he is probably going to give quite a few days off back in the mean time. We are all on one contract, one pay rate. A rate that was achieved by the merger, not one that existed before. The contract really has no bearing on longevity or seniority anyway.
So I'd like to hear what you think he's gained from being inserted in the list at a worst case scenario were the VX position places him.
I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm just trying understand what the line of thinking is when guys say things like this.
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Because all of the 20+ year Alaska guys have crawled up the list for years. To lose ground to a 10 year guy who isn't even at top of scale is unacceptable. If the shoe was on the other foot you'd have the same concerns. It is, what it is. No relative argument will change this fact. We all know seniority is everything in this game. Now we'll see what the arbitrator thinks.