Originally Posted by
AV8ER13
Tell me what DOH is for the # 1000 pilot on your senority list. My dad is around high 1300's to low 1400's was hired in 1985. I am not saying I support or dont support DOH, I am just showing what alot of top pilots see. He doesnt feel he should lose senority to the # 1000 at DAL if he is anything less than 1985 hire...he understands an integrating, but not giving someone yrs of DOH, why should his QOL suffer drastically.
I don't know of any airline that bids by DOH - it is irrelevant. You bid by relative seniority, which in a single airline more or less mirrors DOH. Since there is no national senority list your father is not losing any seniority if he is in the same position post merger as pre merger. If he is at 20% prior to the merger and 20% post merger he is in the same position but will now have more options. It is true that his % will not change as much for each NW pilot retirement, and this is a % degredation, but he will move up one number for each retirement. The NW position seems to be that they don't think the DAL pilots should also move up one number for each pilot retirement. Just like NW guys get a much higher % of a pay raise. Since NW guys don't want to give up their % benefit in pilot retirements should DAL pilots demand a higher payscale? Under this scenario DAL pilots should always get paid more than the NW pilots because we came into the deal with higher payrates. This uses the NW logic and I think it is incorrect - once we merge NW no longer exists - we need to be united as one pilot group vs. management.
Scoop