Originally Posted by
4andCounting
Longevity is not given more weight per say via the ALPA merger policy. It is one of the the three items required to be considered in designing an SLI. In the past several mergers longevity has been used with different weights. Most of them have used around a 15% weight. Which was the VX side proposal. The AS side proposed a 70% weight I believe.
Alaska says that VX pilots received a huge windfall by getting to become Alaska pilots and adopting their contract. That they have massive advantage in longevity and that should be primary. Except for their first officers which should get special feathering above VX first officers despite lower longevity.
UAL said the same thing in our merger and didn’t get it. “Superior airline” isn’t part of merger policy either. Everyone stayed within 5% of their same seniority percentage despite United having almost 4 times the number of widebody airplanes.
Even with longevity weighted at 35% I was placed with a United pilot hired 7+ years before me. Zero United pilots who were placed senior to me are younger than me.
I hate to tell you, but if you’re banking on longevity to be heavily weighted, its not going to be. I’d be shocked to see anyone move more than 5-10% anywhere on your list.