AFW,

Why bring it up ?

That's an excellent question. Consolidation takes many forms: Merger, acquistion whether friendly or hostile.
It seems immient that the passenger side of the airline industry is about to engage in a round of consolidations. Many pilot unions have taken notes of the transactions between AA/TWA and USAir and Am. West. It is my humble opinion that in this next round of mergers Local unions will take measures to protect themselves from what was done in the lopsided seniority list merger at TWA/AA and try to find other alternatives to the merger at US/AWA.

IF, the cargo industry engages in consolidation, the most important issue to me would be my surviving seniority. I would presume that would be very important to you also. In my opinion, this was the genesis for Congress to pass legislation hoping to avoid another lopsided seniority list merger.

I hope this answers your question. One question for you, are you a former American Airlines pilot ?

FF