Originally Posted by AltoCumulus

Not sure how it wasn’t “between the two”.



Going into arbitration both sides agreed on the method. The two sides agreed that each pilot would be scored. To simplify, two seniority lists are made, one based entirely on longevity, the other based on relative position. Each pilot receives a score based on where they appear on each of the two seniority list. For the easiest example #1 VX is #1 based on relative position so he gets 2500 (-ish total pilots VX+AS) points for RP. For the longevity score a 2006 hire on a DOH-only list would put you at about 1000. That would give #1 VX about 1500 points for longevity.



This is what the arbitrators decided yesterday. The weighting that was decided was 60% longevity and 40% RP. So...in our estimated data above...VX#1 = (2500*.4)+(1500*.6)



=1000+900=1900 which is 1900 from bottom which means 600 in this example.



Checking the actual award he ended up at 534 so this quick estimate is pretty close. This formula is applied to every pilot going down the list and there you have it.



Alaska asked for 70% longevity weighting, VX asked for 15% longevity...the arbitrators decided that 60% was going to be the number.



Additionally, AS asked that for the last 25%-ish of the list that we should switch to a ratio formula for the bottom 25% of pilots. The arbitrators squashed that notion and said the formula was to be used for the entire seniority list.



Basically in my opinion, AS “won” much of the battle at the top of the list and VX won the battle at the bottom. I was hired at AS 12 years ago and am one junior to a VX that was hired at VX 8 years ago. I was going to retire at AS in the top 40 and now I’ll be lucky to crack the top 250.



I think the arbitrators did a good job. If VX had prevailed in their position I would be around 130 more junior. If AS had won there position outright I would have gained about 40 positions. So it could have been slightly better but it could have been much worse. This feels like a divorce-I am exhausted and I am glad it is behind me and just want to get on with my life.