Originally Posted by
MWright
Air California and AA did the whole merge of senority pretty well back in the early 90's(?)
I think the tag line was, "if you want to ride with the posse, you'd better bring a horse."
Meaning, if you brought a left seat job to the "party," that is what you would keep. The same is true of everything else. If you came into the merger as a junior FO (from the east), even though you were hired in the eightes, a junior FO you remain. The system, as cruel as it is to these pilots, works.
Air Cal was acquired by AA (in '86), and their seniority list was merged fairly, and even 34 Air Cal pilots furloughed got recalled. But, it was a large major air carrier buying a small interstate carrier. Not the same situation here by a longshot.