Aeris,

the very simple difference is that the Age 60 guy at a pax carrier had to retire w/ no choice of continued employment.....versus our guys who could retire or move to the back seat.

So, in one situation you have a guy who has retired and left the seniority list.....and in the other, you have a guy who never retired and is still on the seniority list.

And Haywood, while I don't have any intel on what SWA is doing, it sounds as if they are "rehiring" their recent retirees as newhires and allowing them to retain their longevity (which the law did not require them to do)

And, I'm sure it feels incredibly unfair to the pax carrier guys who had to retire, but govt is unfair. The govt is the only entity allowed to legally discriminate (Congress is notorious for exempting themselves from various laws they pass).

I think our right bid via the seniority should be sacrosanct, and, it's obvious that some people think these guys seniority rights should have gone away at 60.