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War Eagle 83
Slice ,what if Sir Richard and Virgin America (cause he's got bookoo denero) buys UAL. Now use your relative position theory.VA only has lets say 100 pilots who were only gonna fly little busses. UAL has 10,000 pilots that were gonna end up on the777/767/757/747. Sould they be merged in by percentage or should it be by current equipment & %. Lets take this a step futher into fantasy land. Say Jonnie O and MESA group buy DAL or better yet, ASA now makes a hostile takeover of DAL using DAL's cash on hand(Just like Lorenzo did on more than one occation)the "Keep Delta my Delta" crowd doesn't win this time and ASA is the acquiring carrier. Do you then merge the two lists by relative position ? They are both ALPA carriers after all and ALPA merger policy is what it is and precidents have now been set. It's not pretty, Just a thought.
Your argument is exactly right. This is why merger of seniority lists are so problematic.
I personally believe you should get a seniority number when you first join ALPA. The idea of a national seniority number has been around a long time but there never seems to be a good time to start it. Maybe now, with record retirements and ab initio programs in the wings, it would be a good time.