Originally Posted by
S3toHerk
#1000 at Delta was hired in 87. #1400 was hired in 88. Even with a relative seniority merger you father would be in at the top of 12000 pilots. The proposal that I heard from NWA was top 2000 NWA at the top of the list, and bottom 2000 DAL pilots to the bottom of the list. That deal is definitely a non-starter. What deal did you hear?
I believe you're hearing some spin. I heard that relative seniority was all agreed upon except for the botom 700-1000. That's because DAL hired close to 700 in the past year and a half and NWA has not. So some guy coming off NWA furlough (with over 4 years DOH would be equal to some one at the botom of the DAL list). This causes problems in the event of a reduction in flying where someone at NWA with a DOH of Sept 2001 could be furloughed before a DAL pilot with a DOH of Jan 2007. Obviously that wouldn't be fair. So the bottom of the list would have to be shuffled 1:1. I'm not sure why we both can't figure out an equitable way to protect the junior and allow the senior to move forward according to relative seniority