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Old 04-08-2006, 03:30 PM
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Peter Cromwell
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Continental's seniority list is the product of many mergers that go back more than thirty years. The point is that a date-of-hire merger is simply unworkable, as some CAL pilots hired later than others are senior to their peers.

Forthermore, when the CAL and People Express pilots merged in the early 1990s, the Federal District Judge in New Jersey who ordered the arbitration (and who overturned a company-imposed list) made it practically impossible to disassemble the new seniority list and reassemble it in another order. If anybody wanted to do so, they'd have to petition his court for an order allowing that to happen.

So, if some of you United guys think you're going to take retribution on the CAL pilots who worked during the 1983-85 strike, go see Judge Politan. Good luck!

The CAL pilots have millions in their merger fund which has accumulated over the years, and they have some of the most savvy merger-wise pilots running their merger committee. Furthermore, they have one of the best airline merger lawyers on their side.

Hope and pray a merger never occurs. It will be a scene that you don't want to experince. I'm not saying that the CAL pilots will seek unfair advantage. Just don't try to screw with them. Everyone would be a lot better off if the companies stay separate.