Originally Posted by sailingfun

I don’t think it’s fair but what’s fair and what will happen are two very different things. The scenario you mention has played out in past mergers in various ways. It won’t even be a consideration in merging the lists. The first thing that will happen is a constructive date of merger will be determined. Usually the day a public announcement of intent to merge is made by management. A snap shot of each seniority list will be taken on that date. Each list will then be stove piped showing what each pilot would hold if everyone bid the highest paying equipment. The arbitrator will work off those two lists. Who you worked for before and how you came to be on a list will not even be a factor that the arbitrator looks at.